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

2. In Play Nine, who appears onstage to surround Joshua when he reburies the buckskins?
(a) Mackie and Stucky.
(b) Abe and Cassius.
(c) Margaret and Lana.
(d) His son and mother and Rowen ancestors.

3. What is left of the original Rowen homestead at the beginning of Play Nine?
(a) Rock and a few pine trees.
(b) The old cabin.
(c) The family well.
(d) A fireplace from the old cabin and Treaty Oak.

4. 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 ill.
(d) She is locked in a cell.

5. When Jed returns home at the end of Play Five, what do he and his father and friends do?
(a) Switch sides and fight for the Yankees.
(b) Attack the Talbert home, burning and killing.
(c) Go into hiding from Sherman's Yankee army.
(d) Have a celebratory dinner.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the tree under which Mary Anne's great-great-grandfather, Michael Rowen, buys his land from the Indians?

2. Which Talberts survive the attack on their home in Play Five?

3. Who does Jed shoot with Richard Talbert's pistol in Play Five?

4. What is Earl Tod's country of origin?

5. How many years after Play Two does Play Three, The Homecoming, take place?

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