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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. How many years after Play Two does Play Three, The Homecoming, take place?
(a) Two years.
(b) One hundred years.
(c) Ten months.
(d) Sixteen years.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When Jed Rowen tells his father that Randall Talbert is just a kid in Play Five, how does Ezekiel respond?

2. What does Michael Rowen say he wants when he appears at Earl Tod's campfire in Play One?

3. 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?

4. What arrangement does Jeremiah make with Patrick in Play Four for payment of Patrick's debts?

5. In Scene Two of The Courtship of Morning Star, why can't the Indian woman escape?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why doesn't Tommy Jackson trust J.T. in Scene One of Play Six, Tall Tales?

2. What does J.T. talk Jed Rowen into selling in Scene Two of Play Six and does Jed fully understand what he is selling?

3. Is there any evidence that Morning Star's marriage to Michael Rowen is any happier in Play Three, The Homecoming, than it is in Play Two, The Courtship of Morning Star?

4. What is the significance of a wolf howl occurring both at the beginning of The Kentucky Cycle in Play One and at the end of the Kentucky Cycle in Play Nine?

5. Explain how Jeremiah's name foreshadows the fate of the Rowen family in Play Four, Ties That Bind.

6. Discuss the significance of the title of Play Seven, Fire in the Hole, both literally and figuratively.

7. In Play Four, Ties That Bind, why does Patrick Rowen seem to favor his younger son, Zach, over his older son, Zeke?

8. Explain how Scene Three of Play Eight reflects the civil rights movement occurring in America during the mid-1950s when the play is set.

9. What evidence in Play Eight indicates that Margaret Rowen is an alcoholic?

10. Explain the significance of the title of Play Six, Tall Tales.

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