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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Scene Four of The Courtship of Morning Star, how does Morning star respond when Michael Rowen pulls her into his lap and begins kissing her?
(a) She breaks a chair over Rowen's head.
(b) She bursts into tears.
(c) She tells Rowen she loves him.
(d) She pulls a knife on Rowen.

2. What does Earl Tod do before he offers Michael Rowen food and water?
(a) He knocks Rowen down and searches him for weapons.
(b) He introduces Rowen to Sam.
(c) He demands money for his hospitality.
(d) He offers Rowen whiskey.

3. In Play Five, how does Randall's father, Richard, punish the boy for running away?
(a) He whips Randall's hand and sends him home.
(b) He makes Randall tend the family mules.
(c) He withholds Randall's monthly allowance.
(d) He makes Randall work the fields with the sharecroppers.

4. When Tommy confronts him in Chapter Six, who does J.T. say he comes to visit?
(a) Tommy.
(b) Sallie Rowen.
(c) Mary Anne Rowen.
(d) Jed Rowen.

5. Why does J.T. claim he is saving Mary Anne's life or at least her soul?
(a) Indians are lurking in the woods nearby.
(b) She can fall into the stream and drown.
(c) He is a preacher.
(d) The devil is said to hide in the muddy bottom of streams.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Play One, Masters of the Trade, how does Michael Rowen say he injures his ankle?

2. Which Talberts survive the attack on their home in Play Five?

3. In what does the narrator of the prologue in Play Six no longer believe ?

4. What does the prologue in Play Six, Tall Tales, discuss?

5. In the prologue of Play Six, who stands off to the side while 14-year-old Mary Anne Rowen sits at the creek?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Play Four, Ties That Bind, why does Patrick Rowen seem to favor his younger son, Zach, over his older son, Zeke?

2. Why does Tommy want to hire the preacher to produce a fake birth certificate in Scene Seven of Play Seven, even though Mary Anne can produce Joshua's true birth certificate?

3. What character flaw do Patrick Rowen and his father Michael share and what dark act does it lead each of them to commit?

4. What is Scotty's tragic flaw?

5. In what ways does Jed's experience fighting with Quantrill parallel his experience fighting with his father against the Talberts?

6. Discuss the significance of the title of Play Seven, Fire in the Hole, both literally and figuratively.

7. Discuss how J.T. fascinates Mary Anne Rowen in Play Six, Tall Tales.

8. What does J.T. talk Jed Rowen into selling in Scene Two of Play Six and does Jed fully understand what he is selling?

9. Is there any evidence that Morning Star's marriage to Michael Rowen is any happier in Play Three, The Homecoming, than it is in Play Two, The Courtship of Morning Star?

10. How is Ezekiel Rowen's nickname of Preacher ironic?

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