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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. 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 women.
(b) A trade of beads for horses.
(c) A trade of whiskey for fresh fish and game.
(d) A trade of powder, shot and blankets for fur pelts.

4. 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 fancy wardrobe.
(d) A wife and family.

5. 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) Cherokee Birch.
(c) Cherokee Oak.
(d) Treaty Oak.

6. 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) Shoot the mules.
(b) Drown the mules.
(c) Feed the mules.
(d) Make the mules hard to find.

7. Which of the following statements does not describe an aspect of Jed Rowen's dream at the beginning of Play Five?
(a) Jed eats at a church picnic in an orchard.
(b) Two women read a list of men's names including his.
(c) His father Ezekiel preaches from Revelations.
(d) Jed's grandfather, Patrick, dies.

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

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

10. In what year is Play One, Masters of the Trade, set?
(a) 2009.
(b) 1775.
(c) 1856.
(d) 1920.

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

12. 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.

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

14. 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 breaks a chair over Rowen's head.
(b) She tells Rowen she loves him.
(c) She pulls a knife on Rowen.
(d) She bursts into tears.

15. What is wrong with the blankets Michael Rowen gives Dragging Canoe and Taskwan?
(a) They're torn and ragged.
(b) They're dirty and long overdue for a washing.
(c) They're infected with smallpox.
(d) They're filled with fleas and lice.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Scene Two of The Courtship of Morning Star, why can't the Indian woman escape?

2. Which Talberts survive the attack on their home in Play Five?

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

4. What happens to Star at the end of Play Three, The Homecoming?

5. In what year does Play Four, Ties That Bind, take place?

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