1. In Play Two, The Courtship of Morning Star, what does Michael Rowen claim he does when he is just seven years old?
(a) Go to jail.
(b) Become an indentured servant.
(c) Rob a merchant.
(d) Kill his first man.

2. Who does Michael Rowen order to bathe him when he returns home from Louisville in Play Three, The Homecoming?
(a) His wife, Star.
(b) A neighbor woman.
(c) The black female slave.
(d) His doctor.

3. What is Earl Tod's country of origin?
(a) Scotland.
(b) England.
(c) France.
(d) Ireland.

4. How old do you have to be to work in the mines?
(a) Fourteen.
(b) Sixteen.
(c) Eighteen.
(d) Twenty-one.

5. 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) The mining company destroys the land.
(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) He is afraid of Tommy.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Play Two, The Courtship of Morning Star, what does Rowen plan to do if Morning Star has a girl instead of a boy when she delivers the baby she is expecting?

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

3. What is the name of the tree under which Mary Anne's great-great-grandfather, Michael Rowen, buys his land from the Indians?

4. When Jed returns home at the end of Play Five, what do he and his father and friends do?

5. Who is Mother Jones in Play Seven?

(see the answer key)

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