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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is Earl Tod's country of origin?
(a) England.
(b) France.
(c) Ireland.
(d) Scotland.

3. In Play Five, who heads the wrong way, while riding out to Bowling Green when Talbert's army first heads off to battle?
(a) William Clarke Quantrill.
(b) Richard Talbert.
(c) Ezekiel Rowen.
(d) Jed Rowen.

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) Bring food for the court officials.
(b) Bring another jug of whiskey for the court officials.
(c) Fetch their rifles.
(d) Flee the cabin on horseback.

5. When Talbert and his men retreat to the river during their first battle in Play Five, what happens to Talbert?
(a) He develops dysentery.
(b) He is wounded by a Union bullet.
(c) He falls and breaks his ankle.
(d) He is captured by a Union lieutenant.

6. When Patrick Rowen and his father Michael argue in Play Three, The Homecoming, what does Star deliberately do to Michael in his bath?
(a) Puts soap in his eyes.
(b) Tries to drown him.
(c) Freezes him with cold water.
(d) Scalds him with hot water.

7. Who does Michael Rowen bring back from Louisville with him in Play Three, The Homecoming?
(a) A British soldier.
(b) His Irish mother.
(c) A doctor.
(d) A black female slave.

8. 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 bursts into tears.
(d) She pulls a knife on Rowen.

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

10. In Play Five, which Talberts does Ezekiel tell Jed they kill?
(a) The women.
(b) The men.
(c) Richard and Randall.
(d) All of them.

11. In the prologue of Play Six, who stands off to the side while 14-year-old Mary Anne Rowen sits at the creek?
(a) The adult Mary Anne.
(b) Jed Rowen.
(c) Michael Rowen.
(d) Morning Star Rowen.

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

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

14. Why is Rebecca Talbert unhappy with Patrick Rowen at the beginning of Play Three, The Homecoming?
(a) She catches him kissing another woman.
(b) He doesn't tell his father he wants to marry Rebecca.
(c) He beats up her brother in a fight.
(d) He refuses to marry her.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Patrick Rowen have three loans from a local bank in Play Four?

2. What happens to Morning Star's leg in Scene Five of The Courtship of Morning Star?

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

4. What does Michael Rowen say he wants when he appears at Earl Tod's campfire in Play One?

5. What is Mary Anne's relationship with Tommy Jackson in Play Six?

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