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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. In what year does Play Five, God's Great Supper, take place?
(a) 1500.
(b) 1861.
(c) 1768.
(d) 2000.

2. What happens to the Indian woman in Scene One of The Courtship of Morning Star?
(a) She develops a fever.
(b) She falls in love with Michael Rowen.
(c) She drowns in the river.
(d) Michael Rowen drags her into his cabin against her will.

3. What does the Indian woman try to hit Michael Rowen with in Scene Two of The Courtship of Morning Star?
(a) A rifle.
(b) A coffee pot.
(c) A log.
(d) A broom.

4. In what does the narrator of the prologue in Play Six no longer believe ?
(a) God.
(b) Happiness.
(c) True love.
(d) Stories.

5. What does Tommy do when he sees what Joshua is reading aloud in Play Seven?
(a) Reads the pamphlet for himself.
(b) Punches Abe in the face.
(c) Rips the pamphlet out of Joshua's hand.
(d) Asks the boy to read the pamphlet to him.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Scene Five of The Courtship of Morning Star, what one thought does Morning Star think she and her infant son share?

2. Who identifies what's wrong with Joshua?

3. In what year is Play Seven, Fire in the Hole, set?

4. According to J.T. at the beginning of Play Six, who sometimes takes the shape of a channel catfish?

5. What is wrong with the blankets Michael Rowen gives Dragging Canoe and Taskwan?

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