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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 the prologue of Play Six, who stands off to the side while 14-year-old Mary Anne Rowen sits at the creek?
(a) Michael Rowen.
(b) The adult Mary Anne.
(c) Jed Rowen.
(d) Morning Star Rowen.

2. When Jed returns home at the end of Play Five, what do he and his father and friends do?
(a) Switch sides and fight for the Yankees.
(b) Attack the Talbert home, burning and killing.
(c) Have a celebratory dinner.
(d) Go into hiding from Sherman's Yankee army.

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

4. In Play Three, The Homecoming, what does Patrick Rowen do to his father Michael during their argument while Michael bathes?
(a) Stabs him to death.
(b) Hits him with his fists.
(c) Scalds him with hot water.
(d) Drowns him.

5. Who does Rebecca Talbert tell Patrick Rowen his mother Star is visiting?
(a) Her Cherokee tribe.
(b) Rebecca's father, Joe Talbert.
(c) A neighbor woman.
(d) The local preacher.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Patrick Rowen tells his father he wants to marry Rebecca Talbert, how does Michael Rowen react?

2. In what year is Play One, Masters of the Trade, set?

3. In Play Five, who heads the wrong way, while riding out to Bowling Green when Talbert's army first heads off to battle?

4. What does Michael Rowen take from Earl Tod's belongings after Tod's death?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Explain how Jeremiah's name foreshadows the fate of the Rowen family in Play Four, Ties That Bind.

4. Mary Anne Rowen tells Joshua at the end of Play Seven that the union is now his family. In what ways is the coal miners' union like a family to the miners?

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

6. Why does Tommy attack J.T. in Scene Three of Play Six and what is Mary Anne's response when he does?

7. Why are Mary Anne and Tommy willing to take Abe Steinman in as a boarder, even though he is a stranger and involved with the union?

8. 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?

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

10. What evidence is there in Chapters Four to Seven of Play Seven that Tommy Jackson is not interested in supporting a coal miners' union?

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