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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. When Patrick sells Jessie to Jeremiah in Play Four, what secret does Sallie reveal?
(a) Sallie has money to pay off Patrick's debts.
(b) Jessie is Patrick's half brother.
(c) Patrick is not Michael Rowen's son.
(d) Michael Rowen steals his land from Earl Tod.

3. What does Earl Tod do before he offers Michael Rowen food and water?
(a) He knocks Rowen down and searches him for weapons.
(b) He introduces Rowen to Sam.
(c) He demands money for his hospitality.
(d) He offers Rowen whiskey.

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

5. How long after the first play does the second play, The Courtship of Morning Star, take place?
(a) Twenty-five years.
(b) One hundred years.
(c) One year.
(d) Ten years.

6. What secret does Jeremiah reveal at the end of Play Four, Ties That Bind?
(a) He is a Rowen.
(b) He is building a new bank to replace the failed one.
(c) He is Patrick's half brother.
(d) He is Joe Talbert's son getting revenge for his pa's murder.

7. In Play One, Masters of the Trade, in what language does Earl Tod initially speak?
(a) Spanish.
(b) Cherokee.
(c) French.
(d) English.

8. What does Jed do when Talbert asks for his help in getting off the battle field in Play Five?
(a) Picks up Talbert's pistol and aims it at Talbert.
(b) Tends Talbert like a slave would.
(c) Helps Talbert get back to Kentucky.
(d) Abandons Talbert.

9. How old is Patrick Rowen in Play Five?
(a) 90.
(b) 50.
(c) 85.
(d) 35.

10. What happens in Play Five, once Jed forces his way onto the crowded ferry with the injured Richard Talbert?
(a) Jed abandons Talbert once they get across the river.
(b) Jed shoots everyone on the ferry and takes over the boat.
(c) Jed pushes Talbert overboard and watches him drown.
(d) Jed flees the army and becomes a deserter.

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

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

13. What does the prologue in Play Six, Tall Tales, discuss?
(a) The history of the Talbert family.
(b) The beauty of spring in the mountains.
(c) The history of the Rowen family.
(d) Coal mining.

14. 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?
(a) Sell the child as an indentured servant.
(b) Send the child to live with the Indians.
(c) Leave the baby girl on a mountain to die.
(d) Celebrate the girl's birth with a big party.

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. When Patrick Rowen and his father Michael argue in Play Three, The Homecoming, what does Star deliberately do to Michael in his bath?

2. Who makes up what Jed calls Talbert's army in Play Five, God's Great Supper?

3. Whose raiders does Jed join after he leaves Talbert's army in Play Five?

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

5. In Scene Five of The Courtship of Morning Star, what one thought does Morning Star think she and her infant son share?

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