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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Jed's grandfather, Patrick, dies.
(d) His father Ezekiel preaches from Revelations.

2. Why does Richard want Jed to join his troops?
(a) Jed knows the countryside in which they are fighting.
(b) It keeps Jed away from the Talbert women.
(c) Jed's a good shot and good with horses.
(d) Jed is a big man who can fight well.

3. 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 need to be punished.
(c) Kids should be seen and not heard.
(d) A Talbert is a Talbert.

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

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

6. What do Rebecca Talbert and Patrick Rowen want to do?
(a) Build a house.
(b) Start a business.
(c) Learn to speak Cherokee.
(d) Get married.

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

8. 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) He gets typhoid fever.
(d) Patrick shoots him to avoid hanging or going to jail.

9. 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 dirty and long overdue for a washing.
(d) They're torn and ragged.

10. 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 has no horse.
(d) She is locked in a cell.

11. What is the only thing Ezekiel Rowen takes from the Talbert home at the end of Play Five?
(a) Talbert's military sword.
(b) A Bible.
(c) Richard Talbert's Colt pistols.
(d) The gold pocket watch that is once his father Patrick's.

12. What does Morning Star dangle over her baby son at the end of Scene Six of The Courtship of Morning Star?
(a) A lock of her hair.
(b) A silver rattle.
(c) The gold pocket watch Rowen took from Earl Tod.
(d) A cornshuck doll.

13. When Tommy confronts him in Chapter Six, who does J.T. say he comes to visit?
(a) Mary Anne Rowen.
(b) Tommy.
(c) Jed Rowen.
(d) Sallie Rowen.

14. How old are Rebecca Talbert and Patrick Rowen in Play Three, The Homecoming?
(a) Fifty.
(b) Twenty.
(c) Ten.
(d) Sixteen.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. What is Michael Rowen's country of origin?

3. 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?

4. Why does Patrick Rowen have three loans from a local bank in Play Four?

5. In Play Three, The Homecoming, what does Patrick Rowen do to his father Michael during their argument while Michael bathes?

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