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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Who does Michael Rowen order to bathe him when he returns home from Louisville in Play Three, The Homecoming?
2. When Patrick Rowen and his father Michael argue in Play Three, The Homecoming, what does Star deliberately do to Michael in his bath?
3. Why does Richard tell Jed they should bury their differences?
4. What is Mary Anne's relationship with Tommy Jackson in Play Six?
5. What does Michael Rowen say he wants when he appears at Earl Tod's campfire in Play One?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does Lana want to break off her affair with Joshua?
2. Mary Anne Rowen tells Joshua at the end of Play Seven that the union is now his family. In what ways is the coal miners' union like a family to the miners?
3. What thought does Morning Star think she and her newborn son share?
4. Why does Tommy want to hire the preacher to produce a fake birth certificate in Scene Seven of Play Seven, even though Mary Anne can produce Joshua's true birth certificate?
5. Why does Jed Rowen agree to join the Confederate Army with Richard Talbert?
6. What character flaw do Patrick Rowen and his father Michael share and what dark act does it lead each of them to commit?
7. From where does Tommy take the Rowen family pocket watch in Scene Eight of Play Seven and with what is the pocket watch always associated?
8. How does the mining accident in Scene Nine of Play Seven influence Mary Anne's opinion about the union?
9. Why doesn't Tommy Jackson trust J.T. in Scene One of Play Six, Tall Tales?
10. 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.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Several murders occur in The Kentucky Cycle. Discuss Michael Rowen's murder of Sam, Patrick Rowen's murders of Michael Rowen and Joe Talbert, and Jed Rowen's murder of Richard Talbert. What motivates each of these killings and what theme(s) or lesson(s) do you think the author is trying to convey through these incidents? Cite examples from the text to support your arguments.
Essay Topic 2
Compare and contrast the characters of Morning Star, Sallie Biggs, and Mary Anne Rowen in The Kentucky Cycle. Cite examples from the text to support your arguments.
Essay Topic 3
Show how the relationship of coal miners and the mining companies for which they work changes over the years in The Kentucky Cycle. Cite examples from the text to support your arguments and be sure to trace the industry from Play Six, Tall Tales, to Joshua Rowen's experiences in Play Nine, The War on Poverty.
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