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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Play Three, The Homecoming.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many years after Play Two does Play Three, The Homecoming, take place?
(a) Ten months.
(b) Two years.
(c) Sixteen years.
(d) One hundred years.

2. What does the Indian woman try to hit Michael Rowen with in Scene Two of The Courtship of Morning Star?
(a) A rifle.
(b) A log.
(c) A broom.
(d) A coffee pot.

3. In Scene Four of The Courtship of Morning Star, how does Morning star respond when Michael Rowen pulls her into his lap and begins kissing her?
(a) She bursts into tears.
(b) She tells Rowen she loves him.
(c) She pulls a knife on Rowen.
(d) She breaks a chair over Rowen's head.

4. When Patrick Rowen tells his father he wants to marry Rebecca Talbert, how does Michael Rowen react?
(a) He disapproves and refuses to give Patrick land.
(b) He tells Star to get a preacher to conduct the wedding.
(c) He gives Patrick his blessing.
(d) He says he wants Rebecca for himself.

5. 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?
(a) Leave the baby girl on a mountain to die.
(b) Send the child to live with the Indians.
(c) Sell the child as an indentured servant.
(d) Celebrate the girl's birth with a big party.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Michael Rowen say he wants when he appears at Earl Tod's campfire in Play One?

2. In Scene Two of The Courtship of Morning Star, why can't the Indian woman escape?

3. What happens to Joe Talbert, Star's lover, at the end of Play Three, The Homecoming?

4. What is wrong with the blankets Michael Rowen gives Dragging Canoe and Taskwan?

5. What is Earl Tod's country of origin?

(see the answer key)

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