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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 happens to Morning Star's leg in Scene Five of The Courtship of Morning Star?
(a) A snake bites it.
(b) It develops a red rash.
(c) Rowen cuts her tendon so she can't run away.
(d) Morning Star breaks it during a fall down some stairs.

2. In Play Five, how does Randall's father, Richard, punish the boy for running away?
(a) He whips Randall's hand and sends him home.
(b) He makes Randall work the fields with the sharecroppers.
(c) He makes Randall tend the family mules.
(d) He withholds Randall's monthly allowance.

3. Why does J.T. claim he is saving Mary Anne's life or at least her soul?
(a) Indians are lurking in the woods nearby.
(b) He is a preacher.
(c) The devil is said to hide in the muddy bottom of streams.
(d) She can fall into the stream and drown.

4. 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?
(a) She pulls a knife on Rowen.
(b) She bursts into tears.
(c) She breaks a chair over Rowen's head.
(d) She tells Rowen she loves him.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mary Anne offer the doctor in lieu of cash?

2. If Patrick Rowen scratches his head before sending Zeke and Zach to the house during the court's visit, what are Zeke and Zach to do?

3. What does Morning Star dangle over her baby son at the end of Scene Six of The Courtship of Morning Star?

4. When Tommy confronts him in Chapter Six, who does J.T. say he comes to visit?

5. What arrangement does Jeremiah make with Patrick in Play Four for payment of Patrick's debts?

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