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

2. What does Patrick Rowen offer the fat judge upon his arrival in Play Four, Ties That Bind?
(a) A seat on the family's best cane bottom chair.
(b) A meal.
(c) A drink of whiskey.
(d) A drink of water.

3. Who responds when Cassius whistles at the Treaty Oak at the end of Play Seven?
(a) Abe.
(b) Thugs who work for the mine.
(c) The gun sellers he is expecting.
(d) Tommy.

4. In Play Four, what does Patrick Rowen ask Jessie to do with the circuit court's mules, if any shooting occurs during the court's visit?
(a) Feed the mules.
(b) Make the mules hard to find.
(c) Drown the mules.
(d) Shoot the mules.

5. What does Sallie Rowen serve for dinner in Play Six?
(a) Fried chicken.
(b) Biscuits and gravy.
(c) Pinto beans and turnip greens.
(d) Ham and red-eyed gravy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following statements is not a reason J.T. wants Mary Anne to ask her father to rip up the contract for the mineral rights to the Rowen farm at the end of Play Six?

2. What secret does Jeremiah reveal at the end of Play Four, Ties That Bind?

3. How does Tommy excuse his role in what happens at the Treaty Oak?

4. What proof does Joshua offer in Play Seven that Tommy is the one who has betrayed the miners?

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

(see the answer key)

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