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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many mounds does August claim have been opened in North American discovery?
(a) 1,200.
(b) 500.
(c) 300.
(d) Thousands.

2. When does August say Delia left the house she grew up in?
(a) When she was 9.
(b) When she was 17.
(c) When she was 7.
(d) When she was 12.

3. What is the life expectancy of the villagers where the dig is taking place?
(a) Sixty.
(b) Fourty.
(c) Fifty.
(d) Thirty.

4. What does Delia consider her most serious "sin" to be?
(a) Stealing.
(b) Lying.
(c) Humiliating herself.
(d) Cheating.

5. What does August say to the recorder in Act 2 Part 3 is "becoming an enemy to thought?"
(a) Aesthetics.
(b) Fiction.
(c) History.
(d) Love.

6. What is Dan painting the copper beads with to preserve them in Act 2 Part 4?
(a) Oil.
(b) Soap.
(c) Turpentine.
(d) Nail polish.

7. Why is it suggested that Jean call the Sheriff in Act 2 Part 5?
(a) The artifacts are stolen.
(b) Dan is missing.
(c) Chad is missing.
(d) The dig is destroyed.

8. What does August say about the lake in the beginning of Act 2 Part 2?
(a) It would not be built.
(b) It had flooded the dig site.
(c) It was a curse.
(d) It kept rising every day.

9. Why does Dan say he jumped into the water in the end of Act 1?
(a) To test his life jacket.
(b) To catch the fish.
(c) For fun.
(d) To see if Chad would save him.

10. How big does Dan say the bass they caught is?
(a) Nine pounds.
(b) Six pounds.
(c) Twelve pounds.
(d) Seven pounds.

11. What does the Chinese proverb say that Jean quotes?
(a) You never step into the same river twice.
(b) A person is blessed once, but his troubles never come alone.
(c) If you save a man from drowning, you're responsible for him the rest of his life.
(d) A drop of water shall be returned with a burst of spring.

12. What does Delia do to calm down the hysterical Jean in Act 2?
(a) She makes her a drink.
(b) She calls for Cynthia.
(c) She slaps her.
(d) She takes her outside.

13. Who suggests the tribal people might have been cannibals?
(a) Jean.
(b) Dan.
(c) Chad.
(d) August.

14. What kind of seeds does Kirsten find in the sifter in Act 2?
(a) Maize.
(b) Corn.
(c) Rye.
(d) Cannibis.

15. August states in Act 2 Part 3 to the recorder that at one time he had a doctorate in one hand and what in the other?
(a) Hope.
(b) A trowel.
(c) A book.
(d) A wedding ring.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Dan rush in exclaiming to Jean in Act 2 Part 4?

2. What class, or caste of people could marry anyone within the ancient caste system?

3. Why do Dan and August leave to go back to the dig site at the end of Act 2 Part 1?

4. August refers to the dig as what in Act 2 Part 3?

5. What time is it when Dan and Chad awaken Jean in the end of Act 1?

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