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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 is wrong with Joshua at the beginning of Play Seven?
(a) He is deaf.
(b) He has a broken ankle.
(c) He has cancer.
(d) He is delirious with the same fever that kills his brothers.

2. What brings Abe Steinman to Mary Anne's door?
(a) He is a traveling salesman.
(b) He is a preacher.
(c) He is ill and needs a doctor.
(d) He needs a place to stay while looking for work at the mine.

3. 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) His father Ezekiel preaches from Revelations.
(c) Jed eats at a church picnic in an orchard.
(d) Jed's grandfather, Patrick, dies.

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) Drown the mules.
(b) Feed the mules.
(c) Shoot the mules.
(d) Make the mules hard to find.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Abe say helps Joshua?

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

3. What happens to most of Mary Anne's children?

4. In what year is Play Seven, Fire in the Hole, set?

5. What cities does J.T. claim to visit in Play Six?

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