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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 cities does J.T. claim to visit in Play Six?
(a) Atlanta, Georgia and New York City.
(b) San Francisco and Paris, France.
(c) Chicago and St. Louis.
(d) London and Madrid.

2. Why don't the Rowens rip up the contract for the mineral rights?
(a) They don't want to believe J.T. tells the truth about lying.
(b) The contract is fake.
(c) A lawyer advises them not to destroy it.
(d) The contract is illegal.

3. What does Michael Rowen take from Earl Tod's belongings after Tod's death?
(a) Five hundred dollars in gold and silver.
(b) A wanted poster.
(c) A gold pocket watch.
(d) A love letter to Tod's wife.

4. What do grave robbers dig up on the old Rowen homestead at the beginning of Play Nine?
(a) Coal.
(b) A bundle of buckskin.
(c) Indian arrowheads.
(d) Teeth and bones.

5. What happens to Joe Talbert, Star's lover, at the end of Play Three, The Homecoming?
(a) Patrick shoots him to avoid hanging or going to jail.
(b) He becomes wealthy.
(c) He runs off with Star.
(d) He gets typhoid fever.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who unexpectedly witnesses the events at the Treaty Oak at the end of Play Seven?

2. In Scene Five of The Courtship of Morning Star, what one thought does Morning Star think she and her infant son share?

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

4. At the end of Play Eight, what does James Talbert want to tell the press about the explosion?

5. What happens to most of Mary Anne's children?

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