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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. Why is Rebecca Talbert unhappy with Patrick Rowen at the beginning of Play Three, The Homecoming?
(a) He refuses to marry her.
(b) He doesn't tell his father he wants to marry Rebecca.
(c) She catches him kissing another woman.
(d) He beats up her brother in a fight.

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

3. Who does Michael Rowen bring back from Louisville with him in Play Three, The Homecoming?
(a) A British soldier.
(b) A black female slave.
(c) A doctor.
(d) His Irish mother.

4. At the beginning of Scene One of Play Six, what does J.T. do while Mary Anne Rowen is at the stream?
(a) Hums a song.
(b) Tosses a pebble over her shoulder and into the water.
(c) Clears his throat to introduce himself.
(d) Whistles at her.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Play Four, what does Patrick Rowen ask Jessie to do with the circuit court's mules, if any shooting occurs during the court's visit?

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. In Play Two, The Courtship of Morning Star, what does Rowen plan to do if Morning Star has a girl instead of a boy when she delivers the baby she is expecting?

4. What happens to Joe Talbert, Star's lover, at the end of Play Three, The Homecoming?

5. If Patrick Rowen scratches his head before sending Zeke and Zach to the house during the court's visit, what are Zeke and Zach to do?

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. How do the stories J.T. tells at supper in Scene Two of Play Six, Tall Tales, indicate he does not always tell the truth.

3. 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?

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

5. Why do the union and the mining company have to share responsibility for the mining accident at the end of Play Eight?

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

7. What happens when Jed tells Mary Anne the truth about the contract he persuaded her father to sign in Scene Three of Play Six?

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

9. Explain how Scene Three of Play Eight reflects the civil rights movement occurring in America during the mid-1950s when the play is set.

10. What is the significance of the pock marks on Morning Star's skin in Play Two, The Courtship of Morning Star?

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