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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What order does Joe Clarke give to the people at the trial before they leave the church?
(a) He orders them to leave their neighbors alone and mind their own business.
(b) He orders them to leave church grounds before they begin to fight.
(c) He orders them to help Lum Boger escort Jim Weston out of town.
(d) He orders them to disperse quietly and return to their homes.

2. Why does Jim Weston pull Daisy down to sit on the tracks with him?
(a) He is trying to comfort her.
(b) He wants to kiss her.
(c) He wants to talk to her.
(d) He just wants her to sit with him.

3. What clue in their verbal competition for Daisy suggests that Dave Carter and Jim Weston have put aside their differences?
(a) They put their arms around each other as they continue to banter.
(b) They both laugh when Dave Carter says he would do life in prison for Daisy.
(c) Nothing; they continue to battle for Daisy's love.
(d) They talk about plans to continue playing their music.

4. What Bible does Reverend Childers end up using?
(a) One of the Baptists in the crowd shares his Bible with him.
(b) He uses the church Bible from the pulpit.
(c) Joe Clarke forces Deacon Simms to share his Bible.
(d) He returns to his home to get his own Bible.

5. What does Dave Carter say he got enough of on Saturday night (the night of the fight)?
(a) He says he got enough of Daisy.
(b) He says he got enough of Jim Weston.
(c) He says that he got enough of singing and dancing.
(d) He says he got enough of fighting.

6. What does Sister Pitt suggest they must do before the trial begins?
(a) Sing a hymn.
(b) Read the charges.
(c) Start with a prayer.
(d) Call a formal list of witnesses.

7. Who defends herself by saying that everyone's house has some bedbugs and lice?
(a) Sister Hambo.
(b) Sister Taylor.
(c) Sister Lewis.
(d) Sister Thomas.

8. According to Reverend Childers, why is an ass bone close to a mule bone?
(a) The skeletons of the animals are basically the same.
(b) Both are single-hoofed animals, so they must be in the same family.
(c) They both have large ears, so they must be similar.
(d) An ass is a mule's father, so the mule is related to the ass.

9. How does Deacon Simms suggest that they end the trial?
(a) He says Joe Clarke should be run out of town, and he himself should be mayor.
(b) He says Jim Weston should be compensated for his mistreatment.
(c) He says everyone should apologize to Jim Weston and set him free.
(d) He says they should sing, dismiss, and all return to work.

10. What is Jim Weston's sentence for his crime?
(a) Two years of hard labor.
(b) Two years of exile from the town.
(c) Community service.
(d) Two months imprisoned in the barn.

11. What does Daisy do after Jim Weston decides that he would rather have his freedom than marry her?
(a) She cries and begs him to change his mind.
(b) She nods her head in agreement.
(c) She turns her nose up into the air and walks away.
(d) She turns to Dave Carter and offers him the same opportunity.

12. What is the setting of Act 3?
(a) Near sundown along the railroad tracks outside of town.
(b) Near sunrise along the railroad tracks outside of town.
(c) Near Maitland at sundown.
(d) At sunrise near Maitland.

13. How does Lum Boger respond to the women's reactions when he comes back to quiet them?
(a) He grumbles under his breath and kicks their chairs.
(b) He gets angry and begins to yell at them.
(c) He stands next to them and glares at them.
(d) He meekly returns to his seat next to Jim Weston.

14. When did Jim Weston tell Daisy that he could kiss her every day ("as regular as pig-tracks")?
(a) Right before the trial.
(b) When they were children.
(c) Just before the fight.
(d) Before she moved up North.

15. What problem do the Methodists have with the sermon that Reverend Childers preached on the day before the trial?
(a) His ideas are not supported by the Bible's teachings.
(b) The sermon was too sympathetic to Jim Weston's case.
(c) The sermon lasted far too long.
(d) They accuse him of trying the case before the actual trial.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who else did Daisy visit on the same day that she visited Dave Carter?

2. How do Jim Weston and Dave Carter express their love for Daisy?

3. How does Jim Weston respond to the Baptists' actions when he enters the church?

4. What excuse does Daisy give Dave Carter to explain why she has not chosen him?

5. What is Dave Carter wearing when he enters the church?

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