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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Play Five, God's Great Supper, Part 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Patrick Rowen and his father Michael argue in Play Three, The Homecoming, what does Star deliberately do to Michael in his bath?
(a) Freezes him with cold water.
(b) Tries to drown him.
(c) Puts soap in his eyes.
(d) Scalds him with hot water.

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

3. Why does Patrick Rowen have three loans from a local bank in Play Four?
(a) To build a new house.
(b) To buy farm equipment.
(c) To buy horses.
(d) To expand the Rowen land.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is wresting as Play Four, Ties That Bind, opens?

2. What do Rebecca Talbert and Patrick Rowen want to do?

3. In Play Five, which Talberts does Ezekiel tell Jed they kill?

4. In Play Five, who does Ezekiel find hiding under the Rowen porch and overhearing his conversation with Jed about killing Richard?

5. What is the Cherokee term for Morning Star?

(see the answer key)

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