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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 Play One, Masters of the Trade, in what language does Earl Tod initially speak?
(a) Spanish.
(b) Cherokee.
(c) English.
(d) French.

2. Who is wresting as Play Four, Ties That Bind, opens?
(a) Jessie and Zeke.
(b) Patrick and Jessie.
(c) Zeke and Zach.
(d) Jessie and Zach.

3. What happens to Joe Talbert, Star's lover, at the end of Play Three, The Homecoming?
(a) He gets typhoid fever.
(b) He becomes wealthy.
(c) He runs off with Star.
(d) Patrick shoots him to avoid hanging or going to jail.

4. In what year does Play Six, Tall Tales, take place?
(a) 1995.
(b) 1776.
(c) 1885.
(d) 1861.

5. Why does Patrick Rowen have three loans from a local bank in Play Four?
(a) To buy farm equipment.
(b) To buy horses.
(c) To expand the Rowen land.
(d) To build a new house.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who makes up what Jed calls Talbert's army in Play Five, God's Great Supper?

2. What is the name of the tree under which Mary Anne's great-great-grandfather, Michael Rowen, buys his land from the Indians?

3. What is Michael Rowen's country of origin?

4. In Play Five, which Talberts does Ezekiel tell Jed they kill?

5. In Play Three, The Homecoming, what does Patrick Rowen do to his father Michael during their argument while Michael bathes?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Jed Rowen's dream at the beginning of Play Five, God's Great Supper.

2. What does Michael Rowen claim his life is like prior to coming to Kentucky?

3. From where does Joshua get the Rowen gold watch in Play Nine, what does he do with it and what do his actions symbolize?

4. Discuss Joshua's dream at the beginning of Play Nine and what it symbolizes.

5. What does Patrick Rowen tell Rebecca in Play Three, The Homecoming, that his father does to his baby sister?

6. What does Cassius Biggs experience in France during World War One and how does it compare with what he experiences in the United States upon his return?

7. What does the incident with the train in Scene Eleven of Play Seven indicate about the conflict between the coal miners and the mining company?

8. 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?

9. Do things improve for the coal miners between the formation of the union in 1920 and Joshua Rowen's speech in Union Hall in 1954 at the beginning of Play Eight?

10. Describe the mining incident with Mackie in Scene One of Play Seven.

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