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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 J.T. claim the letters in his name stand for?
(a) Just Terrific.
(b) John Tucker.
(c) Joshua Thomas.
(d) Joyful Thaddeus.

2. In what does the narrator of the prologue in Play Six no longer believe ?
(a) God.
(b) True love.
(c) Stories.
(d) Happiness.

3. What arrangement does Jeremiah make with Patrick in Play Four for payment of Patrick's debts?
(a) Jeremiah takes half the Rowen land, not all of it.
(b) Jeremiah pays the debts in full for Patrick.
(c) Patrick must sharecrop the land he once owns.
(d) Jeremiah accepts Patrick's slaves as payment in full.

4. What happens to the Indian woman in Scene One of The Courtship of Morning Star?
(a) She develops a fever.
(b) She falls in love with Michael Rowen.
(c) She drowns in the river.
(d) Michael Rowen drags her into his cabin against her will.

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

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. When Jed Rowen tells his father that Randall Talbert is just a kid in Play Five, how does Ezekiel respond?

3. 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?

4. In the prologue of Play Six, who stands off to the side while 14-year-old Mary Anne Rowen sits at the creek?

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

(see the answer key)

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