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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 in Play Five, once Jed forces his way onto the crowded ferry with the injured Richard Talbert?
(a) Jed pushes Talbert overboard and watches him drown.
(b) Jed flees the army and becomes a deserter.
(c) Jed shoots everyone on the ferry and takes over the boat.
(d) Jed abandons Talbert once they get across the river.

2. When Patrick Rowen and his father Michael argue in Play Three, The Homecoming, what does Star deliberately do to Michael in his bath?
(a) Freezes him with cold water.
(b) Puts soap in his eyes.
(c) Scalds him with hot water.
(d) Tries to drown him.

3. What happens when J.T. tells a story about two feuding families and a man named Jack killing his rival, Thomas?
(a) The Rowens recognize it as Romeo and Juliet.
(b) The Rowens hate the story.
(c) Jed Rowen falls ill.
(d) Tommy attacks J.T..

4. What secret does Jeremiah reveal at the end of Play Four, Ties That Bind?
(a) He is building a new bank to replace the failed one.
(b) He is Patrick's half brother.
(c) He is a Rowen.
(d) He is Joe Talbert's son getting revenge for his pa's murder.

5. Who does Jed shoot with Richard Talbert's pistol in Play Five?
(a) A slave.
(b) Ezekiel.
(c) A Union soldier.
(d) Talbert.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Morning Star dangle over her baby son at the end of Scene Six of The Courtship of Morning Star?

2. Once Jed agrees to join the Confederate Army with Richard and Richard leaves, what do Ezekiel and Jed reveal?

3. What does Mary Anne offer the doctor in lieu of cash?

4. In what does the narrator of the prologue in Play Six no longer believe ?

5. In Play One, Masters of the Trade, how does Michael Rowen say he injures his ankle?

(see the answer key)

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