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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Play Six, Tall Tales, Part 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old is Patrick Rowen in Play Five?
(a) 85.
(b) 90.
(c) 35.
(d) 50.

2. What happens to the Indian woman in Scene One of The Courtship of Morning Star?
(a) She falls in love with Michael Rowen.
(b) She drowns in the river.
(c) She develops a fever.
(d) Michael Rowen drags her into his cabin against her will.

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

4. Once Jed agrees to join the Confederate Army with Richard and Richard leaves, what do Ezekiel and Jed reveal?
(a) They plan for Jed to join the Army to kill Richard.
(b) Jed gets one of Richard's daughters pregnant.
(c) They poisen Richard's wells.
(d) They can't repay their debts and are fleeing Kentucky.

5. In Play Five, which Talberts does Ezekiel tell Jed they kill?
(a) The women.
(b) All of them.
(c) Richard and Randall.
(d) The men.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When Tommy confronts him in Chapter Six, who does J.T. say he comes to visit?

3. In what year does Play Four, Ties That Bind, take place?

4. How long after the first play does the second play, The Courtship of Morning Star, take place?

5. 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?

(see the answer key)

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