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

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

3. 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 return to the Cherokee.
(c) A desire to run away from Rowen.
(d) Death to Rowen.

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

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

6. What is the name of the tree under which Mary Anne's great-great-grandfather, Michael Rowen, buys his land from the Indians?
(a) Indian Maple.
(b) Treaty Oak.
(c) Cherokee Birch.
(d) Cherokee Oak.

7. 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) Bring food for the court officials.
(c) Flee the cabin on horseback.
(d) Bring another jug of whiskey for the court officials.

8. In what year does Play Six, Tall Tales, take place?
(a) 1885.
(b) 1995.
(c) 1776.
(d) 1861.

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

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

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

12. What does the Indian woman try to hit Michael Rowen with in Scene Two of The Courtship of Morning Star?
(a) A broom.
(b) A coffee pot.
(c) A log.
(d) A rifle.

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

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

15. What happens to Morning Star's leg in Scene Five of The Courtship of Morning Star?
(a) Morning Star breaks it during a fall down some stairs.
(b) Rowen cuts her tendon so she can't run away.
(c) It develops a red rash.
(d) A snake bites it.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens in Lawrenceburg, Kansas in Play Five, God's Great Supper?

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

3. What does Jed do when Talbert asks for his help in getting off the battle field in Play Five?

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

5. How long after the first play does the second play, The Courtship of Morning Star, take place?

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