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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is wrong with Joshua at the beginning of Play Seven?
(a) He is delirious with the same fever that kills his brothers.
(b) He is deaf.
(c) He has a broken ankle.
(d) He has cancer.

2. To whom does Joshua give a speech in the prologue of Play Eight?
(a) Out of work miners.
(b) Franklin Biggs and James Talbert.
(c) Howsen County voters.
(d) His family.

3. 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 purchase more medicine for Joshua.
(d) To buy guns to fight the mining company.

4. 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.

5. 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) Reads the pamphlet for himself.
(c) Punches Abe in the face.
(d) Asks the boy to read the pamphlet to him.

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

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

8. 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.

9. Why don't the Rowens rip up the contract for the mineral rights?
(a) A lawyer advises them not to destroy it.
(b) The contract is fake.
(c) The contract is illegal.
(d) They don't want to believe J.T. tells the truth about lying.

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

11. In what year does Play Eight, Which Side Are You On, occur?
(a) 1934.
(b) 1954.
(c) 1924.
(d) 1984.

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

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

14. What do the other miners tease Tommy and Joshua about when Joshua arrives at the mine in Play Seven?
(a) Their stuttering.
(b) Joshua's blonde hair.
(c) Joshua's shortness.
(d) Their clumsiness at mining.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Cassius Biggs, a black man, once find the kind of liberty he never experiences in America?

2. How old is Joshua in Play Seven?

3. At the beginning of Play Eight, from what branch of the military is Scotty discharged?

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

5. At the end of Play Eight, what does Joshua want to tell the press about the explosion?

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