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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. When Patrick sells Jessie to Jeremiah in Play Four, what secret does Sallie reveal?
(a) Patrick is not Michael Rowen's son.
(b) Jessie is Patrick's half brother.
(c) Sallie has money to pay off Patrick's debts.
(d) Michael Rowen steals his land from Earl Tod.

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

3. What does Patrick Rowen offer the fat judge upon his arrival in Play Four, Ties That Bind?
(a) A seat on the family's best cane bottom chair.
(b) A drink of whiskey.
(c) A drink of water.
(d) A meal.

4. In what year does Play Four, Ties That Bind, take place?
(a) 1799.
(b) 2008.
(c) 1850.
(d) 1819.

5. What does the Indian woman try to hit Michael Rowen with in Scene Two of The Courtship of Morning Star?
(a) A broom.
(b) A coffee pot.
(c) A rifle.
(d) A log.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. In Play Four, to whom does Patrick Rowen owe money now that his bank folds?

5. In Play Four, what does Jeremiah call Zeke?

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