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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 Two of The Courtship of Morning Star, why can't the Indian woman escape?
(a) She is locked in a cell.
(b) She is ill.
(c) She has no horse.
(d) Her wrist is tied to Michael Rowen's with a rawhide thong.

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

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 powder, shot and blankets for fur pelts.
(b) A trade of whiskey for fresh fish and game.
(c) A trade of beads for horses.
(d) A trade of whiskey for women.

4. Which of the following statements does not describe an aspect of Jed Rowen's dream at the beginning of Play Five?
(a) Two women read a list of men's names including his.
(b) His father Ezekiel preaches from Revelations.
(c) Jed's grandfather, Patrick, dies.
(d) Jed eats at a church picnic in an orchard.

5. What does J.T. claim the letters in his name stand for?
(a) Joshua Thomas.
(b) Just Terrific.
(c) John Tucker.
(d) Joyful Thaddeus.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Rebecca Talbert tell Patrick Rowen his mother Star is visiting?

2. What do Rebecca Talbert and Patrick Rowen want to do?

3. Why does Patrick Rowen have three loans from a local bank in Play Four?

4. Why does Jed initially resist Richard's arguments about joining the war?

5. In Scene Five of The Courtship of Morning Star, what one thought does Morning Star think she and her infant son share?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the mining accident in Scene Nine of Play Seven influence Mary Anne's opinion about the union?

2. Why doesn't Tommy Jackson trust J.T. in Scene One of Play Six, Tall Tales?

3. Who is Mother Jones in Play Seven?

4. Explain the significance of the fact that Earl Tod speaks Cherokee in Play One, Masters of the Trade, when he first hears someone approaching him from the woods.

5. 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?

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

7. What is Scotty's tragic flaw?

8. Explain the significance of the title of Play Six, Tall Tales.

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

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

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