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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are Abe and Cassius supposed to do at the Treaty Oak at the end of Play Seven?
(a) Steal a car.
(b) Buy guns.
(c) Sell moonshine.
(d) Hold a pro-union rally.

2. How old do you have to be to work in the mines?
(a) Twenty-one.
(b) Fourteen.
(c) Sixteen.
(d) Eighteen.

3. 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.

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

5. At the end of Play Eight, who does everyone turn to look at when James Talbert reads the names of the missing miners and announces Scotty's?
(a) Stuckey.
(b) Margaret.
(c) Joshua.
(d) James Talbert.

6. How does Tommy excuse his role in what happens at the Treaty Oak?
(a) He says it is an accident.
(b) He says Andrew and the mining company threaten him.
(c) He says he does it to protect his family from the Army.
(d) He says he doesn't believe in the union.

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

8. What proof does Joshua offer in Play Seven that Tommy is the one who has betrayed the miners?
(a) The gun in Tommy's arms.
(b) The Rowen gold pocket watch in Tommy's pocket.
(c) Testimony of other miners.
(d) The blood on Tommy's hands.

9. Who responds when Cassius whistles at the Treaty Oak at the end of Play Seven?
(a) The gun sellers he is expecting.
(b) Abe.
(c) Thugs who work for the mine.
(d) Tommy.

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

11. In Scene Two of Play Six, Tall Tales, who joins the Rowen family for dinner?
(a) Jessie.
(b) Sallie.
(c) J.T. and Tommy.
(d) Richard Talbert.

12. What is the cause of the tragedy at the mine in Play Seven?
(a) A miner started a fire in the mine.
(b) The miners hit a gas pocket in the mine.
(c) Union organizers sabotage the mine with a bomb.
(d) The company doesn't cut support beams strong enough.

13. After the tragedy at the mine in Play Seven, what does Tommy tell Andrew he wants?
(a) A promotion.
(b) His job back and his family to be safe.
(c) Money.
(d) To leave Howsen County.

14. 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?
(a) Shut the mine down temporarily and clean it out.
(b) Expand the mine.
(c) Permanently close the mine.
(d) Fire the old miners and hire new ones.

15. What does Tommy do when he sees what Joshua is reading aloud in Play Seven?
(a) Reads the pamphlet for himself.
(b) Asks the boy to read the pamphlet to him.
(c) Punches Abe in the face.
(d) Rips the pamphlet out of Joshua's hand.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Cassius Biggs do to make money in Play Seven?

2. What does Tommy offer Andrew in Play Seven to obtain what he wants?

3. Why does Joshua think the water tastes funny in Play Seven, Fire in the Hole?

4. Who arrives drunk at the Union Hall at the end of Play Eight?

5. How much does the preacher want for his services?

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