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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Play Seven, Fire in the Hole, Part 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What brings Abe Steinman to Mary Anne's door?
(a) He is ill and needs a doctor.
(b) He is a preacher.
(c) He is a traveling salesman.
(d) He needs a place to stay while looking for work at the mine.

2. Why is Randall Talbert running away in Play Five?
(a) To get married.
(b) To escape his father's abuse.
(c) To avoid punishment for stealing.
(d) To fight the Yankees.

3. In Scene Two of The Courtship of Morning Star, why can't the Indian woman escape?
(a) She is ill.
(b) Her wrist is tied to Michael Rowen's with a rawhide thong.
(c) She has no horse.
(d) She is locked in a cell.

4. Which of the following statements does not describe an aspect of Jed Rowen's dream at the beginning of Play Five?
(a) Jed's grandfather, Patrick, dies.
(b) His father Ezekiel preaches from Revelations.
(c) Two women read a list of men's names including his.
(d) Jed eats at a church picnic in an orchard.

5. Why does Patrick Rowen have three loans from a local bank in Play Four?
(a) To buy farm equipment.
(b) To build a new house.
(c) To expand the Rowen land.
(d) To buy horses.

Short Answer 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?

2. What is Mary Anne's relationship with Tommy Jackson in Play Six?

3. What is Mary Anne's relationship with Tommy in Play Seven?

4. What is Zeke's relationship to Zach in Play Four, Ties that Bind?

5. In Play Five, how does Randall's father, Richard, punish the boy for running away?

(see the answer key)

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