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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Play Nine, The War on Poverty.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Sallie Rowen serve for dinner in Play Six?
(a) Fried chicken.
(b) Biscuits and gravy.
(c) Ham and red-eyed gravy.
(d) Pinto beans and turnip greens.

2. What does Tommy want from the preacher in Play Seven, Fire in the Hole?
(a) A baptismal service for Abe.
(b) Prayers for Joshua's recovery from the fever.
(c) A prayer for his eternal salvation.
(d) A birth certificate to allow Joshua to work in the mines.

3. What is Abe mending in Scene Five of Play Seven, Fire in the Hole?
(a) His jacket.
(b) His pants.
(c) His shirt.
(d) Joshua's quilt.

4. 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?
(a) Celebrate the girl's birth with a big party.
(b) Sell the child as an indentured servant.
(c) Leave the baby girl on a mountain to die.
(d) Send the child to live with the Indians.

5. At the end of Play Eight, what does James Talbert want to tell the press about the explosion?
(a) The union doesn't pull its miners out despite safety concerns.
(b) It is an accident.
(c) It is an earthquake.
(d) It is a bomb.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Michael Rowen tell Earl Tod he does in Georgia before coming to Kentucky?

2. What deal does Michael Rowen make with the Cherokee warriors Dragging Canoe and Taskwan in Play One, Masters of the Trade?

3. What does Jed do when Talbert asks for his help in getting off the battle field in Play Five?

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

5. When Jed Rowen tells his father that Randall Talbert is just a kid in Play Five, how does Ezekiel respond?

(see the answer key)

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