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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do the Baptists respond to Jim Weston entering the church?
(a) In unison, they all turn their backs on him.
(b) They cheer him and shout words of encouragement.
(c) The whisper about him as he walks up the aisle.
(d) They taunt him with chicken and rooster calls.

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

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

4. To prove his love for Daisy, how much time would Jim Weston do on a chain gang?
(a) Life.
(b) Twenty years.
(c) Fifty years.
(d) Forty years.

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

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

7. How do Jim Weston and Dave Carter express their love for Daisy?
(a) They both sing songs that they have written for her.
(b) They arm wrestle for her.
(c) They recite poetry that they have dedicated to her.
(d) They try to outdo each other with extremes of what they would do for her.

8. How many people are in the church at the beginning of Act 2, Scene 2?
(a) The church is nearly empty.
(b) Only a handful of people are in church, but many are waiting outside.
(c) The church is almost full.
(d) Exactly two people are in church, Jim Weston and Deacon Simms.

9. How does Jim Weston react when a person from the mob throws something at him?
(a) He runs away and hides on the other side of the tracks.
(b) He runs into the crowd looking for the person who threw the object.
(c) He picks up a brick and hurls it back at the mob.
(d) He shakes his head sadly and walks away.

10. What evidence does Sister Hambo provide to prove that she is telling the truth?
(a) She has six children, and they are all as honest as she is.
(b) She swears on her mother's grave that she is telling the truth.
(c) Everyone in town knows that she always tells the truth.
(d) She belongs to Macedonia Baptist Church and cannot lie.

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

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

13. Where does Jim Weston plan to go when he gets up to leave after sitting on the railroad tracks?
(a) He plans to go right back into town.
(b) He plans to go to Maitland.
(c) He has no idea where he will go.
(d) He plans to follow the tracks into Georgia.

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

15. What is missing when Joe Clarke tries to begin the trial?
(a) The gavel.
(b) Dave Carter.
(c) The witnesses.
(d) The defendant.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Daisy respond when Dave Carter and Jim Weston both choose their music over a life with her?

2. How do the women react when Lum Boger comes back to quiet them?

3. How does Joe Clarke respond to Mrs. Nixon's accusation that he mistreats his wife and sells rancid bacon?

4. What does Jim Weston say that makes Daisy finally choose him over Dave Carter?

5. What does Jim Weston pour out of his shoe?

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