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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Play Four, Ties That Bind.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to Joe Talbert, Star's lover, at the end of Play Three, The Homecoming?
(a) He runs off with Star.
(b) He gets typhoid fever.
(c) He becomes wealthy.
(d) Patrick shoots him to avoid hanging or going to jail.

2. What does Earl Tod do before he offers Michael Rowen food and water?
(a) He offers Rowen whiskey.
(b) He introduces Rowen to Sam.
(c) He knocks Rowen down and searches him for weapons.
(d) He demands money for his hospitality.

3. In Scene Five of The Courtship of Morning Star, what one thought does Morning Star think she and her infant son share?
(a) Love of Rowen.
(b) A desire to run away from Rowen.
(c) Death to Rowen.
(d) A desire to return to the Cherokee.

4. Who does Rebecca Talbert tell Patrick Rowen his mother Star is visiting?
(a) Her Cherokee tribe.
(b) The local preacher.
(c) A neighbor woman.
(d) Rebecca's father, Joe Talbert.

5. In Play Two, The Courtship of Morning Star, what does Rowen plan to do if Morning Star has a girl instead of a boy when she delivers the baby she is expecting?
(a) Celebrate the girl's birth with a big party.
(b) Leave the baby girl on a mountain to die.
(c) Sell the child as an indentured servant.
(d) Send the child to live with the Indians.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Play One, Masters of the Trade, in what language does Earl Tod initially speak?

2. In Play Two, The Courtship of Morning Star, what does Michael Rowen claim he does when he is just seven years old?

3. In Play Four, what does Patrick Rowen ask Jessie to do with the circuit court's mules, if any shooting occurs during the court's visit?

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

5. How many years after Play Two does Play Three, The Homecoming, take place?

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