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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. What happens to the Indian woman in Scene One of The Courtship of Morning Star?
(a) She falls in love with Michael Rowen.
(b) Michael Rowen drags her into his cabin against her will.
(c) She drowns in the river.
(d) She develops a fever.

2. How old are Rebecca Talbert and Patrick Rowen in Play Three, The Homecoming?
(a) Twenty.
(b) Sixteen.
(c) Ten.
(d) Fifty.

3. Who does Michael Rowen order to bathe him when he returns home from Louisville in Play Three, The Homecoming?
(a) The black female slave.
(b) His wife, Star.
(c) A neighbor woman.
(d) His doctor.

4. In Play Five, which Talberts does Ezekiel tell Jed they kill?
(a) All of them.
(b) Richard and Randall.
(c) The women.
(d) The men.

5. What does Patrick Rowen offer the fat judge upon his arrival in Play Four, Ties That Bind?
(a) A seat on the family's best cane bottom chair.
(b) A drink of whiskey.
(c) A drink of water.
(d) A meal.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does J.T. claim the letters in his name stand for?

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

3. At the beginning of Scene One of Play Six, what does J.T. do while Mary Anne Rowen is at the stream?

4. Once Jed agrees to join the Confederate Army with Richard and Richard leaves, what do Ezekiel and Jed reveal?

5. When Jed Rowen tells his father that Randall Talbert is just a kid in Play Five, how does Ezekiel respond?

Short Essay Questions

1. What evidence in Play Eight indicates that Margaret Rowen is an alcoholic?

2. What solution does Abe suggest in Scene Three of Play Seven for reducing Joshua's fever and what does he suggest Mary Anne do to prevent further such fevers?

3. Why does Jed Rowen agree to join the Confederate Army with Richard Talbert?

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

5. What deal does Tommy make with Andrew in Scene Eight of Play Seven and why does he make it?

6. Why doesn't Joshua want the miners to walk out of the unsafe Blue Star Mine in Play Eight?

7. What thought does Morning Star think she and her newborn son share?

8. Why does Joshua hesitate to sell his property in Play Nine and is this how he always feels or is it indicative of a change in his character?

9. What is the significance of a wolf howl occurring both at the beginning of The Kentucky Cycle in Play One and at the end of the Kentucky Cycle in Play Nine?

10. What is Jeremiah's motivation for wanting control of Patrick Rowen's land?

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