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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mary Anne do at the end of Play Seven, Fire in the Hole?
(a) Becomes a coal miner.
(b) Gives up on the union.
(c) Leaves Howsen County.
(d) Abandons Tommy and becomes a union organizer.

2. 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) Dust, which is a safety issue.
(c) Poor wages.
(d) Not enough miners working each shift.

3. What does J.T. talk Jed Rowen into doing in Play Six?
(a) Going into business with him.
(b) Getting drunk.
(c) Selling the mineral rights to the Rowen land.
(d) Buying more land.

4. Why does Joshua think the water tastes funny in Play Seven, Fire in the Hole?
(a) His mother is boiling it to keep him free of fever.
(b) It has sugar in it.
(c) It has medicine in it.
(d) He is still ill with a fever.

5. 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?
(a) James Talbert.
(b) Joshua.
(c) Margaret.
(d) Stuckey.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Scene two of Play Eight, what does Joshua give Scotty to welcome him to his new job as union field representative?

2. To whom does Joshua give a speech in the prologue of Play Eight?

3. What does Mary Anne offer the doctor in lieu of cash?

4. What does Abe offer as an advance on his rent?

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

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