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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old is Joshua in Play Seven?
(a) Eighteen.
(b) Sixteen.
(c) Fourteen.
(d) Ten.

2. Why does Joshua think the water tastes funny in Play Seven, Fire in the Hole?
(a) It has sugar in it.
(b) It has medicine in it.
(c) He is still ill with a fever.
(d) His mother is boiling it to keep him free of fever.

3. What is wrong with Joshua at the beginning of Play Seven?
(a) He is deaf.
(b) He has cancer.
(c) He is delirious with the same fever that kills his brothers.
(d) He has a broken ankle.

4. What does Sallie Rowen serve for dinner in Play Six?
(a) Fried chicken.
(b) Ham and red-eyed gravy.
(c) Biscuits and gravy.
(d) Pinto beans and turnip greens.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mary Anne do at the end of Play Seven, Fire in the Hole?

2. What proof does Joshua offer in Play Seven that Tommy is the one who has betrayed the miners?

3. In Play Seven, what document allows Joshua to work in the mines?

4. What does Abe ask Joshua to read aloud in Play Seven?

5. Why doesn't Joshua want to pull men out of the Blue Star mine in Play Eight?

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