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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does J.T. claim the letters in his name stand for?
(a) Joshua Thomas.
(b) John Tucker.
(c) Just Terrific.
(d) Joyful Thaddeus.

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

3. 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 bursts into tears.
(c) She tells Rowen she loves him.
(d) She pulls a knife on Rowen.

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

5. In what does the narrator of the prologue in Play Six no longer believe ?
(a) God.
(b) Happiness.
(c) True love.
(d) Stories.

6. 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.

7. 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 develops a fever.
(c) She falls in love with Michael Rowen.
(d) She drowns in the river.

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

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

10. 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) A group of Kentucky raiders.
(d) Quantrill's raiders.

11. In Play Five, which Talberts does Ezekiel tell Jed they kill?
(a) The women.
(b) All of them.
(c) Richard and Randall.
(d) The men.

12. 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) Patrick is not Michael Rowen's son.
(c) Jessie is Patrick's half brother.
(d) Michael Rowen steals his land from Earl Tod.

13. Who is wresting as Play Four, Ties That Bind, opens?
(a) Zeke and Zach.
(b) Patrick and Jessie.
(c) Jessie and Zeke.
(d) Jessie and Zach.

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

15. Why does J.T. claim he is saving Mary Anne's life or at least her soul?
(a) He is a preacher.
(b) She can fall into the stream and drown.
(c) The devil is said to hide in the muddy bottom of streams.
(d) Indians are lurking in the woods nearby.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Zeke's relationship to Zach in Play Four, Ties that Bind?

2. In Play Five, who heads the wrong way, while riding out to Bowling Green when Talbert's army first heads off to battle?

3. What is the name of the tree under which Mary Anne's great-great-grandfather, Michael Rowen, buys his land from the Indians?

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

5. What does the prologue in Play Six, Tall Tales, discuss?

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