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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Delia compare the novel she wrote to in Act 2?
(a) A riddle.
(b) A Russian doll.
(c) All of the answers are true.
(d) A Chinese puzzle box.

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

3. In Act 1 Part 7, August shows a slide photo of a man and says he's "the wise old bird who owns the place." Who is it?
(a) Chad Jasker.
(b) Mr. Mills.
(c) Mr. Shoals.
(d) Old Man Jasker.

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

5. What was the bone awl that August displays made from?
(a) A coyote.
(b) A rabbit.
(c) A turkey.
(d) A wolf.

6. Where does Dan take the archeology students in Act 2?
(a) To a motel.
(b) To the dig site.
(c) To his boat.
(d) To a cave.

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

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

9. What does Dan rush in exclaiming to Jean in Act 2 Part 4?
(a) They've found the grave of a god-king.
(b) The dam has flooded.
(c) They have lost everything.
(d) They've discovered the great temple.

10. What is being examined at the beginning of Act 2?
(a) A polaroid.
(b) The lake.
(c) A slide.
(d) A shovel.

11. 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) A trowel.
(b) A wedding ring.
(c) Hope.
(d) A book.

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

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

14. What does August say has never been discovered from Mississippian Culture?
(a) An altar.
(b) Indications of cannibalism.
(c) Signs of poetry and literature.
(d) The grave of a god-king.

15. What is the mask that's been discovered made of?
(a) Clay.
(b) Gold.
(c) Iron.
(d) Copper.

Short Answer Questions

1. What word does August repeat several times at the end of Act 2 Part 3?

2. What does August say about the lake in the beginning of Act 2 Part 2?

3. How many mounds does August claim have been opened in North American discovery?

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

5. Why is it suggested that Jean call the Sheriff in Act 2 Part 5?

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