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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 Michael Rowen say he wants when he appears at Earl Tod's campfire in Play One?
(a) A horse.
(b) Food and warmth from the fire.
(c) Guns.
(d) Money.

2. What does Abe urge Tommy to do after the tragedy at the mine in Play Seven?
(a) Leave Mary Anne.
(b) Work more hours in the mine.
(c) Get some guns and fight the mining company.
(d) Leave Howsen County.

3. Who beats another miner in an informal boxing match in Play Seven, Fire in the Hole?
(a) Mackie.
(b) Tommy.
(c) Franklin.
(d) Abe.

4. In Play Five, how does Randall's father, Richard, punish the boy for running away?
(a) He makes Randall tend the family mules.
(b) He withholds Randall's monthly allowance.
(c) He whips Randall's hand and sends him home.
(d) He makes Randall work the fields with the sharecroppers.

5. Why does Andrew say it's too late to give Tommy what he wants?
(a) Andrew is leaving Howsen County.
(b) Andrew calls in the Army.
(c) Someone else already has the promotion.
(d) The mining company intends to fire Tommy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the prologue in Play Six, Tall Tales, discuss?

2. When Tommy confronts him in Chapter Six, who does J.T. say he comes to visit?

3. What is wrong with Joshua at the beginning of Play Seven?

4. What happens to the Indian woman in Scene One of The Courtship of Morning Star?

5. During dinner in Play Six, what does Mary Anne say makes her father a hero?

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