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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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 doesn't believe in the union.
(d) He says he does it to protect his family from the Army.

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

4. What does Mary Anne do at the end of Play Seven, Fire in the Hole?
(a) Gives up on the union.
(b) Leaves Howsen County.
(c) Abandons Tommy and becomes a union organizer.
(d) Becomes a coal miner.

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

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

7. During dinner in Play Six, what does Sallie make Jed add to his whiskey?
(a) Ice water.
(b) Bicarbonate of soda.
(c) Buttermilk.
(d) Peppermint.

8. In what year is Play Seven, Fire in the Hole, set?
(a) 1750.
(b) 2005.
(c) 1820.
(d) 1920.

9. 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) A child drowns.
(d) An auto crash.

10. At the end of Play Seven, what happens to Cassius?
(a) He escapes.
(b) He gets shot by mining company thugs.
(c) He is arrested.
(d) He gets bit by a snake.

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

12. What does Mary Anne offer to do when J.T. is ready to leave the Rowen home?
(a) Loan him a horse.
(b) Pack J.T. some leftovers to take with him.
(c) Guide J.T. back to the road.
(d) Introduce J.T. to the neighbors.

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

14. 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 doesn't know what's gong on.
(c) He is working under cover for the FBI.
(d) It might cost him his life.

15. What does Sallie Rowen serve for dinner in Play Six?
(a) Ham and red-eyed gravy.
(b) Fried chicken.
(c) Biscuits and gravy.
(d) Pinto beans and turnip greens.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

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

3. Why doesn't Joshua want to pull men out of the Blue Star mine in Play Eight?

4. During dinner in Play Six, what does Mary Anne say makes her father a hero?

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

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