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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Play Five, God's Great Supper, Part 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Play Two, The Courtship of Morning Star, what does Michael Rowen claim he does when he is just seven years old?
(a) Rob a merchant.
(b) Become an indentured servant.
(c) Go to jail.
(d) Kill his first man.

2. What arrangement does Jeremiah make with Patrick in Play Four for payment of Patrick's debts?
(a) Patrick must sharecrop the land he once owns.
(b) Jeremiah pays the debts in full for Patrick.
(c) Jeremiah takes half the Rowen land, not all of it.
(d) Jeremiah accepts Patrick's slaves as payment in full.

3. How old is Patrick Rowen in Play Five?
(a) 50.
(b) 35.
(c) 85.
(d) 90.

4. Which of the following statements does not describe an aspect of Jed Rowen's dream at the beginning of Play Five?
(a) Jed eats at a church picnic in an orchard.
(b) His father Ezekiel preaches from Revelations.
(c) Two women read a list of men's names including his.
(d) Jed's grandfather, Patrick, dies.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Scene Two of The Courtship of Morning Star, why can't the Indian woman escape?

2. 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?

3. What is Earl Tod's country of origin?

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

5. Who does Michael Rowen order to bathe him when he returns home from Louisville in Play Three, The Homecoming?

(see the answer key)

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