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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does J.T. claim the letters in his name stand for?
(a) Just Terrific.
(b) Joshua Thomas.
(c) Joyful Thaddeus.
(d) John Tucker.

2. Why does Jed initially resist Richard's arguments about joining the war?
(a) He fears getting shot.
(b) He can't afford a uniform.
(c) He says it's a rich man's war and he's not rich.
(d) He wants to be a preacher and doesn't want to kill anyone.

3. Why does Richard want Jed to join his troops?
(a) Jed knows the countryside in which they are fighting.
(b) Jed is a big man who can fight well.
(c) It keeps Jed away from the Talbert women.
(d) Jed's a good shot and good with horses.

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

5. In Play Five, who does Ezekiel find hiding under the Rowen porch and overhearing his conversation with Jed about killing Richard?
(a) Randall Talbert.
(b) Joleen.
(c) Jessie.
(d) Richard.

6. In Play Five, how does Randall's father, Richard, punish the boy for running away?
(a) He whips Randall's hand and sends him home.
(b) He withholds Randall's monthly allowance.
(c) He makes Randall tend the family mules.
(d) He makes Randall work the fields with the sharecroppers.

7. What do Rebecca Talbert and Patrick Rowen want to do?
(a) Learn to speak Cherokee.
(b) Start a business.
(c) Build a house.
(d) Get married.

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

9. In what year is Play One, Masters of the Trade, set?
(a) 1775.
(b) 1920.
(c) 1856.
(d) 2009.

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

11. If Patrick Rowen scratches his head before sending Zeke and Zach to the house during the court's visit, what are Zeke and Zach to do?
(a) Flee the cabin on horseback.
(b) Bring food for the court officials.
(c) Bring another jug of whiskey for the court officials.
(d) Fetch their rifles.

12. Whose raiders does Jed join after he leaves Talbert's army in Play Five?
(a) A group of black raiders.
(b) A group of Kentucky raiders.
(c) A Union officer's raiders.
(d) Quantrill's raiders.

13. When Talbert and his men retreat to the river during their first battle in Play Five, what happens to Talbert?
(a) He develops dysentery.
(b) He is wounded by a Union bullet.
(c) He falls and breaks his ankle.
(d) He is captured by a Union lieutenant.

14. What happens to Morning Star's leg in Scene Five of The Courtship of Morning Star?
(a) A snake bites it.
(b) Morning Star breaks it during a fall down some stairs.
(c) Rowen cuts her tendon so she can't run away.
(d) It develops a red rash.

15. What cities does J.T. claim to visit in Play Six?
(a) London and Madrid.
(b) Atlanta, Georgia and New York City.
(c) Chicago and St. Louis.
(d) San Francisco and Paris, France.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Play One, Masters of the Trade, what does Michael Rowen say happens at Zion?

2. What happens to Joe Talbert, Star's lover, at the end of Play Three, The Homecoming?

3. Who makes up what Jed calls Talbert's army in Play Five, God's Great Supper?

4. What is Michael Rowen's country of origin?

5. In Scene Five of The Courtship of Morning Star, what one thought does Morning Star think she and her infant son share?

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