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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who does Rebecca Talbert tell Patrick Rowen his mother Star is visiting?
(a) The local preacher.
(b) Rebecca's father, Joe Talbert.
(c) A neighbor woman.
(d) Her Cherokee tribe.

3. In Play Five, who heads the wrong way, while riding out to Bowling Green when Talbert's army first heads off to battle?
(a) Ezekiel Rowen.
(b) Richard Talbert.
(c) Jed Rowen.
(d) William Clarke Quantrill.

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

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

6. What is the name of the tree under which Mary Anne's great-great-grandfather, Michael Rowen, buys his land from the Indians?
(a) Cherokee Oak.
(b) Treaty Oak.
(c) Indian Maple.
(d) Cherokee Birch.

7. 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 pulls a knife on Rowen.
(c) She bursts into tears.
(d) She tells Rowen she loves him.

8. Who makes up what Jed calls Talbert's army in Play Five, God's Great Supper?
(a) Twenty white men from Talbert's county.
(b) Jed and some Irish immigrants.
(c) Talbert's wife and daughters.
(d) Jed, Talbert's house slave, and a handful of sharecroppers.

9. Who gives an inspirational speech when Talbert's army first heads off to battle?
(a) Richard Talbert.
(b) Ezekiel Rowen.
(c) Patrick Rowen.
(d) Jed Rowen.

10. How long after the first play does the second play, The Courtship of Morning Star, take place?
(a) Ten years.
(b) Twenty-five years.
(c) One hundred years.
(d) One year.

11. What does Earl Tod do before he offers Michael Rowen food and water?
(a) He knocks Rowen down and searches him for weapons.
(b) He introduces Rowen to Sam.
(c) He demands money for his hospitality.
(d) He offers Rowen whiskey.

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

13. If Patrick Rowen scratches his head before sending Zeke and Zach to the house during the court's visit, what are Zeke and Zach to do?
(a) Flee the cabin on horseback.
(b) Bring food for the court officials.
(c) Bring another jug of whiskey for the court officials.
(d) Fetch their rifles.

14. In Play One, Masters of the Trade, in what language does Earl Tod initially speak?
(a) Spanish.
(b) French.
(c) English.
(d) Cherokee.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What happens in Play Five, once Jed forces his way onto the crowded ferry with the injured Richard Talbert?

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

4. Who does Michael Rowen order to bathe him when he returns home from Louisville in Play Three, The Homecoming?

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

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