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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Play Nine, The War on Poverty.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Michael Rowen tell Earl Tod he does in Georgia before coming to Kentucky?
(a) He is a preacher.
(b) He is a schoolmaster.
(c) He is an indentured servant.
(d) He is a soldier.

2. What does Tommy do when he sees what Joshua is reading aloud in Play Seven?
(a) Asks the boy to read the pamphlet to him.
(b) Reads the pamphlet for himself.
(c) Rips the pamphlet out of Joshua's hand.
(d) Punches Abe in the face.

3. In what year does Play Eight, Which Side Are You On, occur?
(a) 1934.
(b) 1954.
(c) 1984.
(d) 1924.

4. What happens in Lawrenceburg, Kansas in Play Five, God's Great Supper?
(a) Talbert gets shot.
(b) Jed falls in love with a Yankee girl.
(c) Jed gets captured by the Yankees.
(d) Jed watches as Quantrill executes innocent civilians.

5. In Play Eight why does Joshua tell Scotty he can't tell the miners everything that is going on with the mining company?
(a) He doesn't know what's gong on.
(b) It might cost him his life.
(c) Only people who need to know can know.
(d) He is working under cover for the FBI.

Short Answer Questions

1. To whom does Joshua give a speech in the prologue of Play Eight?

2. In Scene two of Play Eight, what does Joshua give Scotty to welcome him to his new job as union field representative?

3. What do the other miners tease Tommy and Joshua about when Joshua arrives at the mine in Play Seven?

4. In what year is Play Nine, The War on Poverty, set?

5. Who unexpectedly witnesses the events at the Treaty Oak at the end of Play Seven?

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