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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the Cherokee term for Morning Star?
(a) O si yo.
(b) Gado adi.
(c) Didi luga.
(d) Knox Sanale.

2. In Play Five, how does Randall's father, Richard, punish the boy for running away?
(a) He makes Randall work the fields with the sharecroppers.
(b) He makes Randall tend the family mules.
(c) He whips Randall's hand and sends him home.
(d) He withholds Randall's monthly allowance.

3. Who is wresting as Play Four, Ties That Bind, opens?
(a) Jessie and Zeke.
(b) Patrick and Jessie.
(c) Jessie and Zach.
(d) Zeke and Zach.

4. If Patrick Rowen scratches his head before sending Zeke and Zach to the house during the court's visit, what are Zeke and Zach to do?
(a) Fetch their rifles.
(b) Flee the cabin on horseback.
(c) Bring food for the court officials.
(d) Bring another jug of whiskey for the court officials.

5. Who does Rebecca Talbert tell Patrick Rowen his mother Star is visiting?
(a) Her Cherokee tribe.
(b) Rebecca's father, Joe Talbert.
(c) The local preacher.
(d) A neighbor woman.

6. In Scene Four of The Courtship of Morning Star, how does Morning star respond when Michael Rowen pulls her into his lap and begins kissing her?
(a) She tells Rowen she loves him.
(b) She breaks a chair over Rowen's head.
(c) She pulls a knife on Rowen.
(d) She bursts into tears.

7. Whose raiders does Jed join after he leaves Talbert's army in Play Five?
(a) A group of Kentucky raiders.
(b) A Union officer's raiders.
(c) Quantrill's raiders.
(d) A group of black raiders.

8. Who gives an inspirational speech when Talbert's army first heads off to battle?
(a) Richard Talbert.
(b) Patrick Rowen.
(c) Jed Rowen.
(d) Ezekiel Rowen.

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

10. Which Talberts survive the attack on their home in Play Five?
(a) Richard Talbert and his mother.
(b) Young Randall and his grandmother.
(c) The two Talbert women.
(d) Young Randall and his mother.

11. Who makes up what Jed calls Talbert's army in Play Five, God's Great Supper?
(a) Jed, Talbert's house slave, and a handful of sharecroppers.
(b) Jed and some Irish immigrants.
(c) Talbert's wife and daughters.
(d) Twenty white men from Talbert's county.

12. Why is Randall Talbert running away in Play Five?
(a) To escape his father's abuse.
(b) To fight the Yankees.
(c) To get married.
(d) To avoid punishment for stealing.

13. What do Rebecca Talbert and Patrick Rowen want to do?
(a) Start a business.
(b) Learn to speak Cherokee.
(c) Build a house.
(d) Get married.

14. 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.

15. In Play One, Masters of the Trade, how does Michael Rowen say he injures his ankle?
(a) His foot gets caught in a bear trap.
(b) He falls down some steps.
(c) In a fall from his horse.
(d) In a tumble down a hill.

Short Answer Questions

1. Once Jed agrees to join the Confederate Army with Richard and Richard leaves, what do Ezekiel and Jed reveal?

2. 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?

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

4. In what year does Play Five, God's Great Supper, take place?

5. Why is Rebecca Talbert unhappy with Patrick Rowen at the beginning of Play Three, The Homecoming?

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