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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Play Six, Tall Tales, Part 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Play Five, how does Randall's father, Richard, punish the boy for running away?
(a) He withholds Randall's monthly allowance.
(b) He makes Randall work the fields with the sharecroppers.
(c) He whips Randall's hand and sends him home.
(d) He makes Randall tend the family mules.

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

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

4. What do Rebecca Talbert and Patrick Rowen want to do?
(a) Learn to speak Cherokee.
(b) Get married.
(c) Start a business.
(d) Build a house.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens in Play Five, once Jed forces his way onto the crowded ferry with the injured Richard Talbert?

2. What cities does J.T. claim to visit in Play Six?

3. In what year does Play Five, God's Great Supper, take place?

4. What does Morning Star dangle over her baby son at the end of Scene Six of The Courtship of Morning Star?

5. In Play Three, The Homecoming, what does Patrick Rowen do to his father Michael during their argument while Michael bathes?

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