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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why does Jed initially resist Richard's arguments about joining the war?
(a) He says it's a rich man's war and he's not rich.
(b) He can't afford a uniform.
(c) He fears getting shot.
(d) He wants to be a preacher and doesn't want to kill anyone.

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

4. In Play Four, what does Patrick Rowen ask Jessie to do with the circuit court's mules, if any shooting occurs during the court's visit?
(a) Make the mules hard to find.
(b) Shoot the mules.
(c) Drown the mules.
(d) Feed the mules.

5. In Play Two, The Courtship of Morning Star, what does Michael Rowen claim he does when he is just seven years old?
(a) Kill his first man.
(b) Become an indentured servant.
(c) Rob a merchant.
(d) Go to jail.

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

7. Why does Richard tell Jed they should bury their differences?
(a) He is running for office and wants Jed's vote.
(b) He wants to marry Jed's sister.
(c) To unite against a common foe, the Yankees.
(d) He's tired of the bad blood between them.

8. In Play Four, to whom does Patrick Rowen owe money now that his bank folds?
(a) Jeremiah.
(b) The town preacher.
(c) The fat circuit court judge.
(d) Sallie.

9. What is Zeke's relationship to Zach in Play Four, Ties that Bind?
(a) They are cousins.
(b) They are brothers.
(c) They are friends.
(d) They are neighbors.

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

11. When Tommy confronts him in Chapter Six, who does J.T. say he comes to visit?
(a) Mary Anne Rowen.
(b) Sallie Rowen.
(c) Tommy.
(d) Jed Rowen.

12. What arrangement does Jeremiah make with Patrick in Play Four for payment of Patrick's debts?
(a) Jeremiah pays the debts in full for Patrick.
(b) Patrick must sharecrop the land he once owns.
(c) Jeremiah accepts Patrick's slaves as payment in full.
(d) Jeremiah takes half the Rowen land, not all of it.

13. In Scene Five of The Courtship of Morning Star, what one thought does Morning Star think she and her infant son share?
(a) Love of Rowen.
(b) A desire to run away from Rowen.
(c) A desire to return to the Cherokee.
(d) Death to Rowen.

14. What happens to the Indian woman in Scene One of The Courtship of Morning Star?
(a) Michael Rowen drags her into his cabin against her will.
(b) She drowns in the river.
(c) She develops a fever.
(d) She falls in love with Michael Rowen.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Morning Star dangle over her baby son at the end of Scene Six of The Courtship of Morning Star?

3. What is wrong with the blankets Michael Rowen gives Dragging Canoe and Taskwan?

4. In Play One, Masters of the Trade, how does Michael Rowen say he injures his ankle?

5. What does J.T. claim the letters in his name stand for?

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