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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what year does Play Five, God's Great Supper, take place?
(a) 1768.
(b) 2000.
(c) 1861.
(d) 1500.

2. In Scene Five of The Courtship of Morning Star, what one thought does Morning Star think she and her infant son share?
(a) Death to Rowen.
(b) Love of Rowen.
(c) A desire to return to the Cherokee.
(d) A desire to run away from Rowen.

3. What is wrong with the blankets Michael Rowen gives Dragging Canoe and Taskwan?
(a) They're torn and ragged.
(b) They're filled with fleas and lice.
(c) They're infected with smallpox.
(d) They're dirty and long overdue for a washing.

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

5. What is the only thing Ezekiel Rowen takes from the Talbert home at the end of Play Five?
(a) A Bible.
(b) Talbert's military sword.
(c) The gold pocket watch that is once his father Patrick's.
(d) Richard Talbert's Colt pistols.

6. In Play One, Masters of the Trade, what does Michael Rowen say happens at Zion?
(a) Cherokee attack and wipe out the settlement.
(b) A new mayor is elected.
(c) A new general store opens.
(d) Daniel Boone visits the settlement.

7. What does Michael Rowen tell Earl Tod he does in Georgia before coming to Kentucky?
(a) He is a soldier.
(b) He is a preacher.
(c) He is a schoolmaster.
(d) He is an indentured servant.

8. Which of the following statements does not describe an aspect of Jed Rowen's dream at the beginning of Play Five?
(a) Jed eats at a church picnic in an orchard.
(b) His father Ezekiel preaches from Revelations.
(c) Jed's grandfather, Patrick, dies.
(d) Two women read a list of men's names including his.

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

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

11. What happens to Star at the end of Play Three, The Homecoming?
(a) She gets a new horse.
(b) She marries Joe Talbert.
(c) Patrick orders her off his land and she vows to see him hang.
(d) Patrick shoots her.

12. 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 breaks a chair over Rowen's head.
(b) She bursts into tears.
(c) She tells Rowen she loves him.
(d) She pulls a knife on Rowen.

13. Why is Rebecca Talbert unhappy with Patrick Rowen at the beginning of Play Three, The Homecoming?
(a) He refuses to marry her.
(b) He beats up her brother in a fight.
(c) She catches him kissing another woman.
(d) He doesn't tell his father he wants to marry Rebecca.

14. Why does Jed initially resist Richard's arguments about joining the war?
(a) He wants to be a preacher and doesn't want to kill anyone.
(b) He says it's a rich man's war and he's not rich.
(c) He fears getting shot.
(d) He can't afford a uniform.

15. In what year is Play One, Masters of the Trade, set?
(a) 1856.
(b) 1920.
(c) 1775.
(d) 2009.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to Morning Star's leg in Scene Five of The Courtship of Morning Star?

2. When Talbert and his men retreat to the river during their first battle in Play Five, what happens to Talbert?

3. In Play Four, to whom does Patrick Rowen owe money now that his bank folds?

4. Why does Patrick Rowen have three loans from a local bank in Play Four?

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

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