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

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

3. In Play Two, The Courtship of Morning Star, what does Michael Rowen claim he does when he is just seven years old?
(a) Kill his first man.
(b) Become an indentured servant.
(c) Rob a merchant.
(d) Go to jail.

4. How old are Rebecca Talbert and Patrick Rowen in Play Three, The Homecoming?
(a) Sixteen.
(b) Twenty.
(c) Fifty.
(d) Ten.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who does Michael Rowen bring back from Louisville with him in Play Three, The Homecoming?

3. When Patrick sells Jessie to Jeremiah in Play Four, what secret does Sallie reveal?

4. What happens to the Indian woman in Scene One of The Courtship of Morning Star?

5. What does Earl Tod do before he offers Michael Rowen food and water?

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