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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. In Play Four, what does Jeremiah call Zeke?
(a) Mr. Preacher Man.
(b) Good sir.
(c) Little gentleman.
(d) Master Rowen.

2. 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) Patrick must sharecrop the land he once owns.
(c) Jeremiah pays the debts in full for Patrick.
(d) Jeremiah accepts Patrick's slaves as payment in full.

3. When Talbert and his men retreat to the river during their first battle in Play Five, what happens to Talbert?
(a) He is wounded by a Union bullet.
(b) He falls and breaks his ankle.
(c) He develops dysentery.
(d) He is captured by a Union lieutenant.

4. What does Abe urge Tommy to do after the tragedy at the mine in Play Seven?
(a) Leave Mary Anne.
(b) Leave Howsen County.
(c) Work more hours in the mine.
(d) Get some guns and fight the mining company.

5. How much does the preacher want for his services?
(a) Ten dollars.
(b) One hundred dollars.
(c) Three dollars.
(d) Fifty dollars.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Abe say helps Joshua?

2. In what year is Play Seven, Fire in the Hole, set?

3. In what does the narrator of the prologue in Play Six no longer believe ?

4. Who gives an inspirational speech when Talbert's army first heads off to battle?

5. Where does Cassius Biggs, a black man, once find the kind of liberty he never experiences in America?

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