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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How much does the preacher want for his services?
(a) Ten dollars.
(b) Three dollars.
(c) Fifty dollars.
(d) One hundred dollars.

2. What does Abe say helps Joshua?
(a) Boiling the family drinking water, which causes the fever.
(b) Keeping him warm.
(c) A certain herb.
(d) An elixir made from mountain laurel.

3. Why does Andrew say it's too late to give Tommy what he wants?
(a) The mining company intends to fire Tommy.
(b) Andrew calls in the Army.
(c) Someone else already has the promotion.
(d) Andrew is leaving Howsen County.

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

5. What happens when J.T. tells a story about two feuding families and a man named Jack killing his rival, Thomas?
(a) The Rowens hate the story.
(b) Tommy attacks J.T..
(c) The Rowens recognize it as Romeo and Juliet.
(d) Jed Rowen falls ill.

6. What happens to most of Mary Anne's children?
(a) They all work the mines.
(b) They are in college.
(c) They die of fevers.
(d) They are sent to live with relatives.

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

8. What does Mary Anne do at the end of Play Seven, Fire in the Hole?
(a) Leaves Howsen County.
(b) Becomes a coal miner.
(c) Gives up on the union.
(d) Abandons Tommy and becomes a union organizer.

9. During dinner in Play Six, what does Sallie make Jed add to his whiskey?
(a) Ice water.
(b) Peppermint.
(c) Buttermilk.
(d) Bicarbonate of soda.

10. When Sureta Biggs suggests in Play Seven that someone sells out the miners, who does Tommy blame?
(a) Mary Anne.
(b) Abe.
(c) Cassius.
(d) Joshua.

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

12. How does Abe respond when Mary Anne and Tommy argue in Play Seven?
(a) He agrees with Tommy.
(b) He tells Mary Anne to be patient and not give up hope.
(c) He offers to run away with Mary Anne.
(d) He hits Tommy for hitting Mary Anne.

13. At the end of Play Eight, what does Joshua want to tell the press about the explosion?
(a) That it is a bomb.
(b) The truth, that the company ignores safety concerns.
(c) That it is an accident.
(d) That it is an earthquake.

14. Who promises Scotty to personally take care of the safety concerns at the mines in Play Eight?
(a) Scotty.
(b) Franklin Biggs.
(c) Joshua.
(d) James Talbert.

15. What does Tommy want from the preacher in Play Seven, Fire in the Hole?
(a) A birth certificate to allow Joshua to work in the mines.
(b) A baptismal service for Abe.
(c) Prayers for Joshua's recovery from the fever.
(d) A prayer for his eternal salvation.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the end of Play Eight, who does everyone turn to look at when James Talbert reads the names of the missing miners and announces Scotty's?

2. After the tragedy at the mine in Play Seven, what does Tommy tell Andrew he wants?

3. Which of the following is not a point that Joshua raises with James Talbert when discussing the union contract with the mining company in Play Eight?

4. What does J.T. talk Jed Rowen into doing in Play Six?

5. How old do you have to be to work in the mines?

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