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

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

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

4. What does Patrick Rowen offer the fat judge upon his arrival in Play Four, Ties That Bind?
(a) A drink of whiskey.
(b) A seat on the family's best cane bottom chair.
(c) A meal.
(d) A drink of water.

5. Why does J.T. claim he is saving Mary Anne's life or at least her soul?
(a) Indians are lurking in the woods nearby.
(b) The devil is said to hide in the muddy bottom of streams.
(c) She can fall into the stream and drown.
(d) He is a preacher.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Patrick Rowen and his father Michael argue in Play Three, The Homecoming, what does Star deliberately do to Michael in his bath?

2. What does Michael Rowen take from Earl Tod's belongings after Tod's death?

3. What happens when J.T. tells a story about two feuding families and a man named Jack killing his rival, Thomas?

4. Who is Mother Jones in Play Seven?

5. What happens in Play Seven, Fire in the Hole, when Tommy sets a fuse while working with Cassius Biggs and Mackie?

(see the answer key)

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