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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. Who does Michael Rowen order to bathe him when he returns home from Louisville in Play Three, The Homecoming?
(a) A neighbor woman.
(b) The black female slave.
(c) His doctor.
(d) His wife, Star.

2. When Talbert and his men retreat to the river during their first battle in Play Five, what happens to Talbert?
(a) He is captured by a Union lieutenant.
(b) He is wounded by a Union bullet.
(c) He develops dysentery.
(d) He falls and breaks his ankle.

3. When Jed returns home at the end of Play Five, what do he and his father and friends do?
(a) Attack the Talbert home, burning and killing.
(b) Have a celebratory dinner.
(c) Switch sides and fight for the Yankees.
(d) Go into hiding from Sherman's Yankee army.

4. Why does Jed initially resist Richard's arguments about joining the war?
(a) He wants to be a preacher and doesn't want to kill anyone.
(b) He can't afford a uniform.
(c) He fears getting shot.
(d) He says it's a rich man's war and he's not rich.

5. In Play Five, who heads the wrong way, while riding out to Bowling Green when Talbert's army first heads off to battle?
(a) Ezekiel Rowen.
(b) William Clarke Quantrill.
(c) Richard Talbert.
(d) Jed Rowen.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Patrick Rowen offer the fat judge upon his arrival in Play Four, Ties That Bind?

2. What do Rebecca Talbert and Patrick Rowen want to do?

3. What does Earl Tod do before he offers Michael Rowen food and water?

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

5. What happens to Joe Talbert, Star's lover, at the end of Play Three, The Homecoming?

(see the answer key)

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