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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Patrick Rowen tells his father he wants to marry Rebecca Talbert, how does Michael Rowen react?
(a) He gives Patrick his blessing.
(b) He tells Star to get a preacher to conduct the wedding.
(c) He says he wants Rebecca for himself.
(d) He disapproves and refuses to give Patrick land.

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

3. In Scene Two of The Courtship of Morning Star, why can't the Indian woman escape?
(a) She is ill.
(b) She is locked in a cell.
(c) She has no horse.
(d) Her wrist is tied to Michael Rowen's with a rawhide thong.

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

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

6. What does Michael Rowen say he wants when he appears at Earl Tod's campfire in Play One?
(a) Money.
(b) A horse.
(c) Food and warmth from the fire.
(d) Guns.

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

8. 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) Jeremiah accepts Patrick's slaves as payment in full.
(c) Jeremiah takes half the Rowen land, not all of it.
(d) Patrick must sharecrop the land he once owns.

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

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

11. In what year does Play Five, God's Great Supper, take place?
(a) 1500.
(b) 1768.
(c) 2000.
(d) 1861.

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

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

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

15. Once Jed agrees to join the Confederate Army with Richard and Richard leaves, what do Ezekiel and Jed reveal?
(a) They poisen Richard's wells.
(b) Jed gets one of Richard's daughters pregnant.
(c) They can't repay their debts and are fleeing Kentucky.
(d) They plan for Jed to join the Army to kill Richard.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Tommy confronts him in Chapter Six, who does J.T. say he comes to visit?

2. What is the Cherokee term for Morning Star?

3. When Talbert and his men retreat to the river during their first battle in Play Five, what happens to Talbert?

4. Who does Michael Rowen order to bathe him when he returns home from Louisville in Play Three, The Homecoming?

5. What happens to Joe Talbert, Star's lover, at the end of Play Three, The Homecoming?

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