1. Why does Dave Carter insist that no one in town has any right to determine Jim Weston's punishment?
(a) None of the people in town know anything about the law anyway.
(b) Jim Weston has been tried once; they cannot try him again.
(c) Jim Weston hit Dave Carter, so no one else but Dave should have anything to say about it.
(d) No one in town has any legal power.

2. According to the characters at the beginning of Act 2, Scene 2, how are Reverend Childers and Deacon Simms different?
(a) Deacon Simms is unmarried.
(b) Reverend Childers does not believe in baptism.
(c) Reverend Childers has been to college.
(d) Deacon Simms has more formal education.

3. How do Sisters Taylor and Thomas respond to Reverend Childers' greeting?
(a) They give him polite, strained smiles but do not respond.
(b) They ignore him and continue with their conversation.
(c) They glare at him and simply grunt in reply.
(d) They immediately begin to criticize his position concerning the trial.

4. What evidence does Sister Taylor provide to prove that her husband is good to her?
(a) He is a good father to their children.
(b) He brings home plenty of money.
(c) He listens to her when she has a problem.
(d) He brings her flowers for no reason.

5. What does Daisy threaten to do when both Jim Weston and Dave Carter try to hug her?
(a) She threatens to leave town and return to the North.
(b) She threatens to go to her mother's house and leave them standing along the railroad.
(c) She threatens to find another man who will appreciate her.
(d) She threatens to leave them both and go back to work.