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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. At the end of Play Seven, what happens to Cassius?
(a) He escapes.
(b) He gets bit by a snake.
(c) He gets shot by mining company thugs.
(d) He is arrested.

2. What does J.T. talk Jed Rowen into doing in Play Six?
(a) Getting drunk.
(b) Going into business with him.
(c) Buying more land.
(d) Selling the mineral rights to the Rowen land.

3. When Patrick sells Jessie to Jeremiah in Play Four, what secret does Sallie reveal?
(a) Michael Rowen steals his land from Earl Tod.
(b) Patrick is not Michael Rowen's son.
(c) Jessie is Patrick's half brother.
(d) Sallie has money to pay off Patrick's debts.

4. Where does Cassius Biggs, a black man, once find the kind of liberty he never experiences in America?
(a) In Mexico.
(b) In Spain.
(c) In France.
(d) In Canada.

5. What proof does Joshua offer in Play Seven that Tommy is the one who has betrayed the miners?
(a) The gun in Tommy's arms.
(b) The blood on Tommy's hands.
(c) The Rowen gold pocket watch in Tommy's pocket.
(d) Testimony of other miners.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does J.T. claim the letters in his name stand for?

2. How old is Patrick Rowen in Play Five?

3. What does Earl Tod do before he offers Michael Rowen food and water?

4. What does Abe ask Joshua to read aloud in Play Seven?

5. How long after the first play does the second play, The Courtship of Morning Star, take place?

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