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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Play Four, what does Jeremiah call Zeke?
(a) Good sir.
(b) Little gentleman.
(c) Master Rowen.
(d) Mr. Preacher Man.

2. In Play Five, who does Ezekiel find hiding under the Rowen porch and overhearing his conversation with Jed about killing Richard?
(a) Richard.
(b) Randall Talbert.
(c) Joleen.
(d) Jessie.

3. Why does Patrick Rowen have three loans from a local bank in Play Four?
(a) To buy farm equipment.
(b) To buy horses.
(c) To expand the Rowen land.
(d) To build a new house.

4. Why does Richard want Jed to join his troops?
(a) Jed's a good shot and good with horses.
(b) Jed knows the countryside in which they are fighting.
(c) Jed is a big man who can fight well.
(d) It keeps Jed away from the Talbert women.

5. How many years after Play Two does Play Three, The Homecoming, take place?
(a) Sixteen years.
(b) Two years.
(c) Ten months.
(d) One hundred years.

6. Once Jed agrees to join the Confederate Army with Richard and Richard leaves, what do Ezekiel and Jed reveal?
(a) Jed gets one of Richard's daughters pregnant.
(b) They can't repay their debts and are fleeing Kentucky.
(c) They plan for Jed to join the Army to kill Richard.
(d) They poisen Richard's wells.

7. What secret does Jeremiah reveal at the end of Play Four, Ties That Bind?
(a) He is a Rowen.
(b) He is Joe Talbert's son getting revenge for his pa's murder.
(c) He is building a new bank to replace the failed one.
(d) He is Patrick's half brother.

8. What deal does Michael Rowen make with the Cherokee warriors Dragging Canoe and Taskwan in Play One, Masters of the Trade?
(a) A trade of whiskey for fresh fish and game.
(b) A trade of whiskey for women.
(c) A trade of powder, shot and blankets for fur pelts.
(d) A trade of beads for horses.

9. In Play Two, The Courtship of Morning Star, what does Michael Rowen want now that he is prosperous?
(a) A big house.
(b) A stable of thoroughbred horses.
(c) A wife and family.
(d) A fancy wardrobe.

10. When Jed Rowen tells his father that Randall Talbert is just a kid in Play Five, how does Ezekiel respond?
(a) Kids need to be punished.
(b) Kids should be seen and not heard.
(c) Little snakes grow into big snakes.
(d) A Talbert is a Talbert.

11. According to J.T. at the beginning of Play Six, who sometimes takes the shape of a channel catfish?
(a) The ghost of Joe Talbert.
(b) A Cherokee Indian spirit.
(c) The devil.
(d) A water nymph.

12. In Play Three, The Homecoming, what does Patrick Rowen do to his father Michael during their argument while Michael bathes?
(a) Stabs him to death.
(b) Drowns him.
(c) Hits him with his fists.
(d) Scalds him with hot water.

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

14. Why does J.T. claim he is saving Mary Anne's life or at least her soul?
(a) The devil is said to hide in the muddy bottom of streams.
(b) Indians are lurking in the woods nearby.
(c) He is a preacher.
(d) She can fall into the stream and drown.

15. What does Michael Rowen tell Earl Tod he does in Georgia before coming to Kentucky?
(a) He is a preacher.
(b) He is a schoolmaster.
(c) He is an indentured servant.
(d) He is a soldier.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Zeke's relationship to Zach in Play Four, Ties that Bind?

2. Who gives an inspirational speech when Talbert's army first heads off to battle?

3. What does the prologue in Play Six, Tall Tales, discuss?

4. What happens in Play Five, once Jed forces his way onto the crowded ferry with the injured Richard Talbert?

5. In what year is Play One, Masters of the Trade, set?

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