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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, who does Ezekiel find hiding under the Rowen porch and overhearing his conversation with Jed about killing Richard?
(a) Randall Talbert.
(b) Jessie.
(c) Richard.
(d) Joleen.

2. What happens to Star at the end of Play Three, The Homecoming?
(a) She marries Joe Talbert.
(b) Patrick shoots her.
(c) Patrick orders her off his land and she vows to see him hang.
(d) She gets a new horse.

3. When Jed Rowen tells his father that Randall Talbert is just a kid in Play Five, how does Ezekiel respond?
(a) Kids need to be punished.
(b) A Talbert is a Talbert.
(c) Little snakes grow into big snakes.
(d) Kids should be seen and not heard.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the tree under which Mary Anne's great-great-grandfather, Michael Rowen, buys his land from the Indians?

2. In what does the narrator of the prologue in Play Six no longer believe ?

3. 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?

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

5. Why is Randall Talbert running away in Play Five?

(see the answer key)

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