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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 happens to Star at the end of Play Three, The Homecoming?
(a) Patrick shoots her.
(b) She marries Joe Talbert.
(c) Patrick orders her off his land and she vows to see him hang.
(d) She gets a new horse.

2. Why doesn't Joshua want to pull men out of the Blue Star mine in Play Eight?
(a) It is a wildcat strike which violates the union contract.
(b) He is paid a bribe not to pull them out.
(c) He doesn't think the issue poses an imediate danger.
(d) He doesn't think there is a safety issue.

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

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

5. Who does Joshua dream of at the beginning of Play Nine?
(a) Prosperity.
(b) Scotty and other dead relatives calling to him across a river.
(c) The mine exposion that kills his son.
(d) His youth.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who arrives drunk at the Union Hall at the end of Play Eight?

2. What does Michael Rowen tell Earl Tod he does in Georgia before coming to Kentucky?

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

4. Why is Rebecca Talbert unhappy with Patrick Rowen at the beginning of Play Three, The Homecoming?

5. What happens to Morning Star's leg in Scene Five of The Courtship of Morning Star?

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