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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. During dinner in Play Six, what does Sallie make Jed add to his whiskey?
(a) Buttermilk.
(b) Peppermint.
(c) Bicarbonate of soda.
(d) Ice water.

2. What brings Abe Steinman to Mary Anne's door?
(a) He needs a place to stay while looking for work at the mine.
(b) He is a traveling salesman.
(c) He is a preacher.
(d) He is ill and needs a doctor.

3. What happens in Play Seven, Fire in the Hole, when Tommy sets a fuse while working with Cassius Biggs and Mackie?
(a) Tommy gets injured in the resulting fire.
(b) Tommy sabotages the mine.
(c) Tommy dies in a mine explosion.
(d) The mine collapses, trapping Mackie.

4. Which of the following is not a point that Joshua raises with James Talbert when discussing the union contract with the mining company in Play Eight?
(a) The union backing off of safety concerns.
(b) The number of layoffs, the majority of which are blacks.
(c) The wages paid to miners.
(d) The opening of a hospital for miners that accepts blacks.

5. In Play Seven, what advice does Tommy give Joshua about his coat on Joshua's first day at the mines?
(a) Don't let anyone steal it.
(b) Keep it near him while working in the mine.
(c) Keep it clean while in the mine.
(d) Take it off while working and put it on when sitting.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Mary Anne's relationship with Tommy in Play Seven?

2. What is Abe's real reason for coming to Howsen County?

3. In what year is Play Seven, Fire in the Hole, set?

4. At the end of Play Eight, who does everyone turn to look at when James Talbert reads the names of the missing miners and announces Scotty's?

5. When Sureta Biggs suggests in Play Seven that someone sells out the miners, who does Tommy blame?

(see the answer keys)

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