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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following statements does not describe an aspect of Jed Rowen's dream at the beginning of Play Five?
(a) Two women read a list of men's names including his.
(b) Jed's grandfather, Patrick, dies.
(c) Jed eats at a church picnic in an orchard.
(d) His father Ezekiel preaches from Revelations.

2. In what year does Play Five, God's Great Supper, take place?
(a) 2000.
(b) 1500.
(c) 1861.
(d) 1768.

3. Why does Patrick Rowen have three loans from a local bank in Play Four?
(a) To buy farm equipment.
(b) To build a new house.
(c) To buy horses.
(d) To expand the Rowen land.

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

5. In Play Three, The Homecoming, what does Patrick Rowen do to his father Michael during their argument while Michael bathes?
(a) Drowns him.
(b) Scalds him with hot water.
(c) Stabs him to death.
(d) Hits him with his fists.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. In Scene Four of The Courtship of Morning Star, how does Morning star respond when Michael Rowen pulls her into his lap and begins kissing her?

4. What does Michael Rowen say he wants when he appears at Earl Tod's campfire in Play One?

5. How old are Rebecca Talbert and Patrick Rowen in Play Three, The Homecoming?

Short Essay Questions

1. What deal does Tommy make with Andrew in Scene Eight of Play Seven and why does he make it?

2. At the beginning of Play Six, Tall Tales, why is Mary Anne Rowen reminiscing about how beautiful and colorful spring is in the Kentucky mountains?

3. Is there any evidence that Morning Star's marriage to Michael Rowen is any happier in Play Three, The Homecoming, than it is in Play Two, The Courtship of Morning Star?

4. Why doesn't Tommy Jackson trust J.T. in Scene One of Play Six, Tall Tales?

5. How is Ezekiel Rowen's nickname of Preacher ironic?

6. What does Michael Rowen mean when he tells Morning Star he learns early that blood is the "coin of the realm"?

7. What evidence in Play Eight indicates that Margaret Rowen is an alcoholic?

8. What solution does Abe suggest in Scene Three of Play Seven for reducing Joshua's fever and what does he suggest Mary Anne do to prevent further such fevers?

9. What is Scotty's tragic flaw?

10. From where does Tommy take the Rowen family pocket watch in Scene Eight of Play Seven and with what is the pocket watch always associated?

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