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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In Play Seven, what advice does Tommy give Joshua about his coat on Joshua's first day at the mines?
(a) Take it off while working and put it on when sitting.
(b) Don't let anyone steal it.
(c) Keep it clean while in the mine.
(d) Keep it near him while working in the mine.

3. What does Cassius Biggs do to make money in Play Seven?
(a) He is a farmer.
(b) He is a gun dealer.
(c) He is a miner.
(d) He is a politician.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

11. 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 doesn't think the issue poses an imediate danger.
(c) He is paid a bribe not to pull them out.
(d) He doesn't think there is a safety issue.

12. What happens when J.T. tells a story about two feuding families and a man named Jack killing his rival, Thomas?
(a) Tommy attacks J.T..
(b) The Rowens hate the story.
(c) The Rowens recognize it as Romeo and Juliet.
(d) Jed Rowen falls ill.

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

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

15. 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) Earthquake.
(b) Accident.
(c) Bomb.
(d) Dust.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old do you have to be to work in the mines?

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

3. In what year does Play Eight, Which Side Are You On, occur?

4. What does Mary Anne do at the end of Play Seven, Fire in the Hole?

5. What does Mary Anne do when J.T. is attacked in Play Six?

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