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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Play Seven, Fire in the Hole, Part 4.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. In Play Four, what does Patrick Rowen ask Jessie to do with the circuit court's mules, if any shooting occurs during the court's visit?
(a) Make the mules hard to find.
(b) Shoot the mules.
(c) Feed the mules.
(d) Drown the mules.
2. If Patrick Rowen scratches his head before sending Zeke and Zach to the house during the court's visit, what are Zeke and Zach to do?
(a) Flee the cabin on horseback.
(b) Fetch their rifles.
(c) Bring food for the court officials.
(d) Bring another jug of whiskey for the court officials.
3. Which of the following statements is not a reason J.T. wants Mary Anne to ask her father to rip up the contract for the mineral rights to the Rowen farm at the end of Play Six?
(a) The rights are worth a lot more than J.T. pays for them.
(b) Everything he says about the mineral rights is a lie.
(c) The mining company destroys the land.
(d) He is afraid of Tommy.
4. What arrangement does Jeremiah make with Patrick in Play Four for payment of Patrick's debts?
(a) Jeremiah takes half the Rowen land, not all of it.
(b) Jeremiah accepts Patrick's slaves as payment in full.
(c) Jeremiah pays the debts in full for Patrick.
(d) Patrick must sharecrop the land he once owns.
5. How does Tommy excuse his role in what happens at the Treaty Oak?
(a) He says it is an accident.
(b) He says Andrew and the mining company threaten him.
(c) He says he doesn't believe in the union.
(d) He says he does it to protect his family from the Army.
Short Answer Questions
1. When Sureta Biggs suggests in Play Seven that someone sells out the miners, who does Tommy blame?
2. During dinner in Play Six, what does Sallie make Jed add to his whiskey?
3. At the end of Play Seven, what happens to Cassius?
4. At the end of Play Seven, what happens to Abe at the Treaty Oak?
5. What proof does Joshua offer in Play Seven that Tommy is the one who has betrayed the miners?
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