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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 is the only thing Ezekiel Rowen takes from the Talbert home at the end of Play Five?
(a) The gold pocket watch that is once his father Patrick's.
(b) Talbert's military sword.
(c) Richard Talbert's Colt pistols.
(d) A Bible.

2. What is Michael Rowen's country of origin?
(a) England.
(b) Ireland.
(c) Scotland.
(d) France.

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

4. According to J.T. at the beginning of Play Six, who sometimes takes the shape of a channel catfish?
(a) A Cherokee Indian spirit.
(b) The ghost of Joe Talbert.
(c) A water nymph.
(d) The devil.

5. Why does Joshua think the water tastes funny in Play Seven, Fire in the Hole?
(a) It has sugar in it.
(b) It has medicine in it.
(c) He is still ill with a fever.
(d) His mother is boiling it to keep him free of fever.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Sureta Biggs suggests in Play Seven that someone sells out the miners, who does Tommy blame?

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

3. What does Michael Rowen say he wants when he appears at Earl Tod's campfire in Play One?

4. When Jed Rowen tells his father that Randall Talbert is just a kid in Play Five, how does Ezekiel respond?

5. What does Abe ask Joshua to read aloud in Play Seven?

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