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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Play Three, The Homecoming.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long after the first play does the second play, The Courtship of Morning Star, take place?
(a) One year.
(b) Ten years.
(c) Twenty-five years.
(d) One hundred years.

2. 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 filled with fleas and lice.
(d) They're torn and ragged.

3. What does Morning Star dangle over her baby son at the end of Scene Six of The Courtship of Morning Star?
(a) A lock of her hair.
(b) A silver rattle.
(c) A cornshuck doll.
(d) The gold pocket watch Rowen took from Earl Tod.

4. Why is Rebecca Talbert unhappy with Patrick Rowen at the beginning of Play Three, The Homecoming?
(a) He beats up her brother in a fight.
(b) He refuses to marry her.
(c) He doesn't tell his father he wants to marry Rebecca.
(d) She catches him kissing another woman.

5. When Patrick Rowen tells his father he wants to marry Rebecca Talbert, how does Michael Rowen react?
(a) He gives Patrick his blessing.
(b) He says he wants Rebecca for himself.
(c) He tells Star to get a preacher to conduct the wedding.
(d) He disapproves and refuses to give Patrick land.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Patrick Rowen and his father Michael argue in Play Three, The Homecoming, what does Star deliberately do to Michael in his bath?

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

3. What is the Cherokee term for Morning Star?

4. In Scene Five of The Courtship of Morning Star, what one thought does Morning Star think she and her infant son share?

5. In Play Two, The Courtship of Morning Star, what does Michael Rowen want now that he is prosperous?

(see the answer key)

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