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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. In Play Seven, what document allows Joshua to work in the mines?
(a) His father's position as a miner.
(b) His great height and strength.
(c) His age.
(d) The fake birth certificate the preacher makes for him.

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

7. When Sureta Biggs suggests in Play Seven that someone sells out the miners, who does Tommy blame?
(a) Cassius.
(b) Joshua.
(c) Abe.
(d) Mary Anne.

8. What does J.T. talk Jed Rowen into doing in Play Six?
(a) Buying more land.
(b) Selling the mineral rights to the Rowen land.
(c) Getting drunk.
(d) Going into business with him.

9. In Play Eight, what issue does Scotty tell Joshua the miners are upset about in the new contract with the mining company?
(a) The health benefits.
(b) The pension.
(c) The wages.
(d) The work hours.

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

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

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

13. To Joshua's shock in Play Eight, whose name is on the list of men who are in the mind when the explosion occurs?
(a) Stuckey.
(b) Scotty.
(c) Lana.
(d) Margaret.

14. How much money does Tommy have to pay the fee for which the preacher asks?
(a) One dollar.
(b) Ten dollars.
(c) Fifty cents.
(d) Nothing.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What brings Abe Steinman to Mary Anne's door?

2. When Tommy relates some of the family history to Joshua in Play Seven, what does he say is the only thing he ever wants?

3. In Scene Two of Play Eight, who does Joshua call "the Mother Jones of Howsen County"?

4. What happens to most of Mary Anne's children?

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

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