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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Play Eight, what do the local union presidents want to discuss with Joshua about the contract with the mining company?
(a) The wages.
(b) The pensions.
(c) The layoffs and safety.
(d) The work hours.

2. In Play Eight, when Stucky arrives at the Union Hall with a man wounded in the explosion, what word does the wounded miner scrawl on a piece of paper to explain the reason for the explosion?
(a) Dust.
(b) Earthquake.
(c) Bomb.
(d) Accident.

3. What happens to most of Mary Anne's children?
(a) They die of fevers.
(b) They all work the mines.
(c) They are sent to live with relatives.
(d) They are in college.

4. In Play Eight, who is Margaret Rowen?
(a) A mining company executive.
(b) A miner.
(c) A reporter.
(d) Joshua's wife and Scotty's mother.

5. When Tommy relates some of the family history to Joshua in Play Seven, what does he say is the only thing he ever wants?
(a) A fine house.
(b) The Rowen family's gold pocket watch.
(c) A job in the mines.
(d) Mary Anne.

6. Which of the following is not a point that Joshua raises with James Talbert when discussing the union contract with the mining company in Play Eight?
(a) The opening of a hospital for miners that accepts blacks.
(b) The union backing off of safety concerns.
(c) The number of layoffs, the majority of which are blacks.
(d) The wages paid to miners.

7. Who buys the winner of the boxing match in Play Seven a beer to celebrate the victory?
(a) Tommy.
(b) Andrew.
(c) Abe.
(d) Cassius Biggs.

8. Who beats another miner in an informal boxing match in Play Seven, Fire in the Hole?
(a) Franklin.
(b) Abe.
(c) Tommy.
(d) Mackie.

9. In Play Eight why does Joshua tell Scotty he can't tell the miners everything that is going on with the mining company?
(a) Only people who need to know can know.
(b) He is working under cover for the FBI.
(c) It might cost him his life.
(d) He doesn't know what's gong on.

10. Who identifies what's wrong with Joshua?
(a) Tommy.
(b) Abe.
(c) Mary Anne.
(d) The doctor.

11. What is Abe mending in Scene Five of Play Seven, Fire in the Hole?
(a) His jacket.
(b) His pants.
(c) Joshua's quilt.
(d) His shirt.

12. What does Abe ask Joshua to read aloud in Play Seven?
(a) A schoolbook.
(b) One of Mother Jones' pamphlets.
(c) The Bible.
(d) A magazine.

13. What is wrong with Joshua at the beginning of Play Seven?
(a) He is deaf.
(b) He has a broken ankle.
(c) He is delirious with the same fever that kills his brothers.
(d) He has cancer.

14. What tragedy happens while Tommy and Joshua are at the mine in Play Seven?
(a) A train wreck.
(b) A coal bump or collapse of the mine.
(c) An auto crash.
(d) A child drowns.

15. Why does Joshua think the water tastes funny in Play Seven, Fire in the Hole?
(a) It has medicine in it.
(b) His mother is boiling it to keep him free of fever.
(c) It has sugar in it.
(d) He is still ill with a fever.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Abe's real reason for coming to Howsen County?

2. How does Tommy excuse his role in what happens at the Treaty Oak?

3. Who attacks J.T. in Play Six upon seeing him kiss Mary Anne?

4. Why don't the Rowens rip up the contract for the mineral rights?

5. What is the cause of the tragedy at the mine in Play Seven?

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