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

2. What does Mary Anne do at the end of Play Seven, Fire in the Hole?
(a) Gives up on the union.
(b) Becomes a coal miner.
(c) Leaves Howsen County.
(d) Abandons Tommy and becomes a union organizer.

3. What does Tommy offer Andrew in Play Seven to obtain what he wants?
(a) Moonshine whiskey.
(b) A bribe.
(c) Drugs.
(d) The names of the union organizers.

4. In Play Eight why does Joshua tell Scotty he can't tell the miners everything that is going on with the mining company?
(a) Only people who need to know can know.
(b) It might cost him his life.
(c) He doesn't know what's gong on.
(d) He is working under cover for the FBI.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. At the end of Play Eight, what does Joshua want to tell the press about the explosion?

3. In Play Two, The Courtship of Morning Star, what does Michael Rowen want now that he is prosperous?

4. Who responds when Cassius whistles at the Treaty Oak at the end of Play Seven?

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

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