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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 happens to most of Mary Anne's children?
(a) They are sent to live with relatives.
(b) They are in college.
(c) They die of fevers.
(d) They all work the mines.

2. In Scene Two of The Courtship of Morning Star, why can't the Indian woman escape?
(a) She has no horse.
(b) Her wrist is tied to Michael Rowen's with a rawhide thong.
(c) She is locked in a cell.
(d) She is ill.

3. In what year does Play Six, Tall Tales, take place?
(a) 1885.
(b) 1995.
(c) 1861.
(d) 1776.

4. In Scene Five of The Courtship of Morning Star, what one thought does Morning Star think she and her infant son share?
(a) A desire to run away from Rowen.
(b) Death to Rowen.
(c) A desire to return to the Cherokee.
(d) Love of Rowen.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Play Seven, what document allows Joshua to work in the mines?

2. In what year does Play Four, Ties That Bind, take place?

3. What is Michael Rowen's country of origin?

4. When Patrick sells Jessie to Jeremiah in Play Four, what secret does Sallie reveal?

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

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