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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is providing Cates with a lawyer?
(a) The school board.
(b) The New Yorker.
(c) The Chicago Times.
(d) The Baltimore Herald.

2. The first time Brady enters town, who is he with?
(a) A newspaper reporter from Washington, D.C.
(b) Timmy.
(c) Reverend Brown and the Judge.
(d) Mrs. Brady, Reverend Brown, the District Attorney.

3. If Cates apologizes, Drummond feels that Cates will be what?
(a) Cowardly.
(b) Abandoned.
(c) Reinstated as a teacher.
(d) Tormented.

4. What song does the town sing to greet Brady?
(a) "The Star Spangled Banner."
(b) "Old Time Religion."
(c) "Greensleeves."
(d) "America the Beautiful."

5. Why does Bannister want the front seat in the jury box?
(a) The trial will be a show.
(b) He won't fall asleep.
(c) He is incredibly short.
(d) He has terrible vision.

6. Where does the opening of Act One take place?
(a) Hillsboro Lake.
(b) The town square.
(c) Hillsboro Courthouse.
(d) Melinda's home.

7. What does Meeker say impresses him about Brady?
(a) His doctrine.
(b) His passion.
(c) His height.
(d) His volume.

8. How is Brady's physicality described?
(a) Young, attractive, on fire.
(b) Anemic, hunched over.
(c) Gray, balding, paunchy.
(d) Old, distinguished, powerful.

9. In Act One, who makes a secret visit to Hillsboro Jail?
(a) Mrs. Brady.
(b) Rachel.
(c) Mrs. Krebs.
(d) Melinda.

10. Who announces the meeting held at the court on the night of the jury selection?
(a) Drummond.
(b) Melinda.
(c) Brady.
(d) The judge.

11. What does Drummond say about Cates when Rachel asks about him?
(a) He is fighting a losing battle.
(b) He is a strong man.
(c) He will crack on the witness stand.
(d) He loves her more than anything.

12. Rachel tells Hornbeck all answers to existence are found where?
(a) The stars.
(b) The Bible.
(c) Nature.
(d) The heavens.

13. What does Darwin's "Origin of Species" teach?
(a) Evolution.
(b) The Gospel.
(c) Creationism.
(d) Racism.

14. What does Rachel beg Drummond to do, following jury selection?
(a) Read his Bible.
(b) Defend Cates to his best ability.
(c) Call off the trial.
(d) Show some respect for her town.

15. What ability does Bannister lack?
(a) Reading.
(b) Listening.
(c) Arithmetic.
(d) Writing.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who encourages the town to greet Brady's arrival?

2. Who approaches Drummond immediately following the jury selection?

3. Why does Drummond object to the title of Colonel for Brady?

4. According to Cates, the townspeople are treating him worse than who?

5. Drummond says that killing a wife is not as bad as killing what?

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