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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 tells Rowen she loves him.
(b) She bursts into tears.
(c) She breaks a chair over Rowen's head.
(d) She pulls a knife on Rowen.

2. When Patrick Rowen and his father Michael argue in Play Three, The Homecoming, what does Star deliberately do to Michael in his bath?
(a) Puts soap in his eyes.
(b) Freezes him with cold water.
(c) Scalds him with hot water.
(d) Tries to drown him.

3. What deal does Michael Rowen make with the Cherokee warriors Dragging Canoe and Taskwan in Play One, Masters of the Trade?
(a) A trade of whiskey for fresh fish and game.
(b) A trade of beads for horses.
(c) A trade of whiskey for women.
(d) A trade of powder, shot and blankets for fur pelts.

4. What is the Cherokee term for Morning Star?
(a) Didi luga.
(b) O si yo.
(c) Gado adi.
(d) Knox Sanale.

5. What is Michael Rowen's country of origin?
(a) England.
(b) Scotland.
(c) Ireland.
(d) France.

Short Answer Questions

1. What cities does J.T. claim to visit in Play Six?

2. Why is Randall Talbert running away in Play Five?

3. What is Earl Tod's country of origin?

4. Whose raiders does Jed join after he leaves Talbert's army in Play Five?

5. In Play Five, how does Randall's father, Richard, punish the boy for running away?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Jed's dream change at the end of Play Five, God's Great Supper, from what it is at the beginning of the play?

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

3. Who is the old man Jeremiah summons from the woods at the end of Play Four, Ties That Bind, and what does he want?

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

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

6. Why does Lana want to break off her affair with Joshua?

7. Who is Mother Jones in Play Seven?

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

9. Is there any evidence in the text to suggest that the miners and Andrew know that Joshua Rowen is underage when he starts working at the mine in Scene Eight of Play Seven?

10. 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?

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