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

2. What deal does Michael Rowen make with the Cherokee warriors Dragging Canoe and Taskwan in Play One, Masters of the Trade?
(a) A trade of whiskey for fresh fish and game.
(b) A trade of beads for horses.
(c) A trade of whiskey for women.
(d) A trade of powder, shot and blankets for fur pelts.

3. What is the Cherokee term for Morning Star?
(a) O si yo.
(b) Didi luga.
(c) Gado adi.
(d) Knox Sanale.

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

5. In Play Three, The Homecoming, what does Patrick Rowen do to his father Michael during their argument while Michael bathes?
(a) Hits him with his fists.
(b) Scalds him with hot water.
(c) Stabs him to death.
(d) Drowns him.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year is Play One, Masters of the Trade, set?

2. When Patrick sells Jessie to Jeremiah in Play Four, what secret does Sallie reveal?

3. What is Michael Rowen's country of origin?

4. What happens to Morning Star's leg in Scene Five of The Courtship of Morning Star?

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

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