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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. Who is wresting as Play Four, Ties That Bind, opens?
(a) Jessie and Zach.
(b) Patrick and Jessie.
(c) Jessie and Zeke.
(d) Zeke and Zach.

2. What does Michael Rowen tell Earl Tod he does in Georgia before coming to Kentucky?
(a) He is a schoolmaster.
(b) He is a soldier.
(c) He is a preacher.
(d) He is an indentured servant.

3. What is wrong with the blankets Michael Rowen gives Dragging Canoe and Taskwan?
(a) They're dirty and long overdue for a washing.
(b) They're infected with smallpox.
(c) They're torn and ragged.
(d) They're filled with fleas and lice.

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

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Indian woman try to hit Michael Rowen with in Scene Two of The Courtship of Morning Star?

2. 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?

3. What is Zeke's relationship to Zach in Play Four, Ties that Bind?

4. What does Michael Rowen take from Earl Tod's belongings after Tod's death?

5. What is Michael Rowen's country of origin?

(see the answer key)

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