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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who is Mother Jones in Play Seven?
(a) A West Virginia union organizer Abe talks about.
(b) A nurse.
(c) A woman in Howsen County who has lots of children.
(d) A character in a fictional story.

3. Which of the following statements is not a reason J.T. wants Mary Anne to ask her father to rip up the contract for the mineral rights to the Rowen farm at the end of Play Six?
(a) He is afraid of Tommy.
(b) The rights are worth a lot more than J.T. pays for them.
(c) Everything he says about the mineral rights is a lie.
(d) The mining company destroys the land.

4. What does Abe say helps Joshua?
(a) Boiling the family drinking water, which causes the fever.
(b) A certain herb.
(c) Keeping him warm.
(d) An elixir made from mountain laurel.

5. To whom does Joshua give a speech in the prologue of Play Eight?
(a) Howsen County voters.
(b) Out of work miners.
(c) Franklin Biggs and James Talbert.
(d) His family.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Joshua's relationship with Lana in Play Eight?

2. What is wrong with Joshua at the beginning of Play Seven?

3. At the end of Play Seven, what happens to Cassius?

4. What does Tommy want from the preacher in Play Seven, Fire in the Hole?

5. At the end of Play Eight, what does James Talbert want to tell the press about the explosion?

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