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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 2, Scene 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Deacon Simms refuse to allow Reverend Childers to use his Bible?
(a) Reverend Childers is a Baptist and cannot read anyway.
(b) He is afraid that Reverend Childers will soil his pages.
(c) He says any good preacher would have brought his own Bible.
(d) Deacon Simms' children gave the Bible to him, so it's special.

2. Why does Joe Lindsay bring the mule bone to the store?
(a) He believes it will bring him luck.
(b) He wants to show it to the other men.
(c) He wants to return it to its rightful owner.
(d) He uses it to protect himself from stray dogs.

3. When the fighting children enter, what does Sister Taylor look for, and what does she intend to do with it?
(a) She looks for an easy exit so she can get away from the children.
(b) She looks for another adult to help back her up.
(c) She looks for a rock to throw at the children.
(d) She looks for a stick with which she can hit the children.

4. What instrument does Jim Weston play?
(a) The fiddle.
(b) The accordion.
(c) The guitar.
(d) The harmonica.

5. On the charge of assault and battery, how does Jim Weston plead?
(a) He says he is sorry and pleads guilty.
(b) He says he is sorry that he did it, but he is not guilty.
(c) He says he did not do it and is not guilty.
(d) He says he did it and would do it again, but he's not guilty.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Sister Taylor, what is Joe Clarke trying to look like as he heads to the trial?

2. How does Deacon Lindsay respond to Sister Taylor's and Sister Thomas' actions in Act 1, Scene 2?

3. How do the sisters Taylor and Thomas treat Deacon Simms when he arrives?

4. Hambo accuses Deacon Simms of telling what lie?

5. What are Joe Clarke and Deacon Simms doing when Jim Weston and Dave Carter arrive at the store?

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