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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Play Four, Ties That Bind.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long after the first play does the second play, The Courtship of Morning Star, take place?
(a) One year.
(b) Ten years.
(c) Twenty-five years.
(d) One hundred years.

2. 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) Drown the mules.
(d) Feed the mules.

3. In Play Four, what does Jeremiah call Zeke?
(a) Good sir.
(b) Master Rowen.
(c) Little gentleman.
(d) Mr. Preacher Man.

4. Who does Michael Rowen bring back from Louisville with him in Play Three, The Homecoming?
(a) A doctor.
(b) His Irish mother.
(c) A black female slave.
(d) A British soldier.

5. In Play Four, to whom does Patrick Rowen owe money now that his bank folds?
(a) Jeremiah.
(b) Sallie.
(c) The fat circuit court judge.
(d) The town preacher.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Rebecca Talbert and Patrick Rowen want to do?

2. In Play Two, The Courtship of Morning Star, what does Michael Rowen claim he does when he is just seven years old?

3. In Play One, Masters of the Trade, how does Michael Rowen say he injures his ankle?

4. Who does Rebecca Talbert tell Patrick Rowen his mother Star is visiting?

5. In Play Three, The Homecoming, what does Patrick Rowen do to his father Michael during their argument while Michael bathes?

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