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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Play Seven, Fire in the Hole, Part 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Abe offer as an advance on his rent?
(a) Medicine for Joshua.
(b) Payment of the doctor's fee for Joshua.
(c) A horse.
(d) A diamond necklace.

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?
(a) Celebrate the girl's birth with a big party.
(b) Sell the child as an indentured servant.
(c) Send the child to live with the Indians.
(d) Leave the baby girl on a mountain to die.

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

4. Who is Mother Jones in Play Seven?
(a) A West Virginia union organizer Abe talks about.
(b) A woman in Howsen County who has lots of children.
(c) A character in a fictional story.
(d) A nurse.

5. What is Michael Rowen's country of origin?
(a) England.
(b) Ireland.
(c) France.
(d) Scotland.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Richard tell Jed they should bury their differences?

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

3. What does J.T. claim the letters in his name stand for?

4. What happens to Star at the end of Play Three, The Homecoming?

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

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