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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Play Seven, Fire in the Hole, Part 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to Morning Star's leg in Scene Five of The Courtship of Morning Star?
(a) It develops a red rash.
(b) Morning Star breaks it during a fall down some stairs.
(c) Rowen cuts her tendon so she can't run away.
(d) A snake bites it.

2. How much money does Tommy have to pay the fee for which the preacher asks?
(a) Fifty cents.
(b) Ten dollars.
(c) Nothing.
(d) One dollar.

3. What does the prologue in Play Six, Tall Tales, discuss?
(a) The history of the Talbert family.
(b) The beauty of spring in the mountains.
(c) Coal mining.
(d) The history of the Rowen family.

4. What does J.T. claim the letters in his name stand for?
(a) Just Terrific.
(b) Joshua Thomas.
(c) Joyful Thaddeus.
(d) John Tucker.

5. In Play Five, how does Randall's father, Richard, punish the boy for running away?
(a) He withholds Randall's monthly allowance.
(b) He makes Randall tend the family mules.
(c) He makes Randall work the fields with the sharecroppers.
(d) He whips Randall's hand and sends him home.

Short Answer Questions

1. What deal does Michael Rowen make with the Cherokee warriors Dragging Canoe and Taskwan in Play One, Masters of the Trade?

2. How many years after Play Two does Play Three, The Homecoming, take place?

3. What does Mary Anne do when J.T. is attacked in Play Six?

4. In Scene Five of The Courtship of Morning Star, what one thought does Morning Star think she and her infant son share?

5. What happens to the Indian woman in Scene One of The Courtship of Morning Star?

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