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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 Mary Anne say makes her father a hero?
(a) He fights with Quantrill and saves Quantrill's life.
(b) He fights for the Confederacy.
(c) He rides with Robert E. Lee.
(d) He fights for the Union.

2. What does Sallie Rowen serve for dinner in Play Six?
(a) Pinto beans and turnip greens.
(b) Biscuits and gravy.
(c) Ham and red-eyed gravy.
(d) Fried chicken.

3. When the union presidents meet with Joshua in Play Eight, what does Calvin say he is complaining about for months at the Blue Star mine?
(a) Layoffs.
(b) Not enough miners working each shift.
(c) Poor wages.
(d) Dust, which is a safety issue.

4. When Sureta Biggs suggests in Play Seven that someone sells out the miners, who does Tommy blame?
(a) Cassius.
(b) Abe.
(c) Joshua.
(d) Mary Anne.

5. What happens to most of Mary Anne's children?
(a) They die of fevers.
(b) They are sent to live with relatives.
(c) They are in college.
(d) They all work the mines.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Scene Two of Play Six, Tall Tales, who joins the Rowen family for dinner?

2. How much money does Tommy have to pay the fee for which the preacher asks?

3. 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?

4. At the end of Play Eight, what does Joshua want to tell the press about the explosion?

5. How many stories does J.T. tell over dinner in Play Six?

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