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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Play Eight, Which Side Are You On, Part 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What secret does Jeremiah reveal at the end of Play Four, Ties That Bind?
(a) He is a Rowen.
(b) He is Patrick's half brother.
(c) He is building a new bank to replace the failed one.
(d) He is Joe Talbert's son getting revenge for his pa's murder.

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

3. How old do you have to be to work in the mines?
(a) Sixteen.
(b) Eighteen.
(c) Twenty-one.
(d) Fourteen.

4. Who makes up what Jed calls Talbert's army in Play Five, God's Great Supper?
(a) Twenty white men from Talbert's county.
(b) Jed, Talbert's house slave, and a handful of sharecroppers.
(c) Jed and some Irish immigrants.
(d) Talbert's wife and daughters.

5. Who unexpectedly witnesses the events at the Treaty Oak at the end of Play Seven?
(a) Joshua.
(b) Sureta.
(c) Mary Anne.
(d) The sheriff.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the tree under which Mary Anne's great-great-grandfather, Michael Rowen, buys his land from the Indians?

2. In what year does Play Six, Tall Tales, take place?

3. Who attacks J.T. in Play Six upon seeing him kiss Mary Anne?

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

5. How many children does Mary Anne have in Play Seven?

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