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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Play Seven, Fire in the Hole, Part 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. How many children does Mary Anne have in Play Seven?
(a) Five.
(b) One.
(c) Two.
(d) Eight.

4. 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) Jessie.
(c) Richard.
(d) Joleen.

5. In what year does Play Four, Ties That Bind, take place?
(a) 1799.
(b) 1819.
(c) 1850.
(d) 2008.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following statements does not describe an aspect of Jed Rowen's dream at the beginning of Play Five?

2. What is Abe's real reason for coming to Howsen County?

3. How long after the first play does the second play, The Courtship of Morning Star, take place?

4. In Play Two, The Courtship of Morning Star, what does Michael Rowen want now that he is prosperous?

5. What is the Cherokee term for Morning Star?

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