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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Play Seven, Fire in the Hole, Part 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. In Play Four, to whom does Patrick Rowen owe money now that his bank folds?
(a) Jeremiah.
(b) The fat circuit court judge.
(c) Sallie.
(d) The town preacher.

4. When Tommy relates some of the family history to Joshua in Play Seven, what does he say is the only thing he ever wants?
(a) Mary Anne.
(b) The Rowen family's gold pocket watch.
(c) A job in the mines.
(d) A fine house.

5. 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 filled with fleas and lice.
(c) They're torn and ragged.
(d) They're infected with smallpox.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to Morning Star's leg in Scene Five of The Courtship of Morning Star?

2. Which of the following statements is not a reason J.T. wants Mary Anne to ask her father to rip up the contract for the mineral rights to the Rowen farm at the end of Play Six?

3. Who does Rebecca Talbert tell Patrick Rowen his mother Star is visiting?

4. Who unexpectedly witnesses the events at the Treaty Oak at the end of Play Seven?

5. 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?

(see the answer key)

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