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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At the end of Play Eight, what does Joshua want to tell the press about the explosion?
(a) That it is an earthquake.
(b) That it is an accident.
(c) That it is a bomb.
(d) The truth, that the company ignores safety concerns.

2. Where does Cassius Biggs, a black man, once find the kind of liberty he never experiences in America?
(a) In Mexico.
(b) In Canada.
(c) In Spain.
(d) In France.

3. Why doesn't Joshua want to pull men out of the Blue Star mine in Play Eight?
(a) He is paid a bribe not to pull them out.
(b) He doesn't think the issue poses an imediate danger.
(c) It is a wildcat strike which violates the union contract.
(d) He doesn't think there is a safety issue.

4. Who arrives drunk at the Union Hall at the end of Play Eight?
(a) Margaret.
(b) Stuckey.
(c) Franklin Biggs.
(d) Lana.

5. When the union presidents meet with Joshua in Play Eight, what does Calvin say he is complaining about for months at the Blue Star mine?
(a) Layoffs.
(b) Poor wages.
(c) Not enough miners working each shift.
(d) Dust, which is a safety issue.

6. Why does Mary Anne give Abe the Rowen family watch in Play Seven?
(a) As a token of her esteem.
(b) He is her long lost brother.
(c) To buy guns to fight the mining company.
(d) To purchase more medicine for Joshua.

7. What is Abe's real reason for coming to Howsen County?
(a) He is a union organizer.
(b) He wants to preach.
(c) He wants to find a bride.
(d) He wants to buy land.

8. What does Abe say helps Joshua?
(a) Keeping him warm.
(b) A certain herb.
(c) An elixir made from mountain laurel.
(d) Boiling the family drinking water, which causes the fever.

9. During dinner in Play Six, what does Mary Anne say makes her father a hero?
(a) He fights for the Confederacy.
(b) He rides with Robert E. Lee.
(c) He fights with Quantrill and saves Quantrill's life.
(d) He fights for the Union.

10. Who leaves the union meeting in Play Eight to pull the miners out of the unsafe mine?
(a) James Talbert.
(b) Joshua.
(c) Scotty.
(d) Franklin Biggs.

11. What does Abe urge Tommy to do after the tragedy at the mine in Play Seven?
(a) Get some guns and fight the mining company.
(b) Work more hours in the mine.
(c) Leave Howsen County.
(d) Leave Mary Anne.

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

13. Who promises Scotty to personally take care of the safety concerns at the mines in Play Eight?
(a) Scotty.
(b) Franklin Biggs.
(c) James Talbert.
(d) Joshua.

14. How much does the preacher want for his services?
(a) Three dollars.
(b) One hundred dollars.
(c) Fifty dollars.
(d) Ten dollars.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When it's clear in Play Eight that miners are pulled out of the Blue Star mine, what does Joshua urge James Talbert to do?

2. How many children does Mary Anne have in Play Seven?

3. What proof does Joshua offer in Play Seven that Tommy is the one who has betrayed the miners?

4. What tragedy happens while Tommy and Joshua are at the mine in Play Seven?

5. In Scene Two of Play Six, Tall Tales, who joins the Rowen family for dinner?

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