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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who receives the applause from the Methodist side of the church?
(a) Deacon Simms.
(b) Reverend Childers.
(c) Joe Clarke.
(d) Joe Lindsay.

2. What reason is given to support the idea of the Baptist minister leading the prayer before trial?
(a) The Baptists say better prayers that the Methodists.
(b) The Baptist minister has more formal education.
(c) The trial is in his church, so he should say the prayer.
(d) Joe Clarke is a Baptist, and he is acting as the judge.

3. Where did Joe Lindsay find the mule bone?
(a) He always carries it with him when he walks to town in order to fight off stray dogs.
(b) He says he found it behind the store.
(c) It is his good luck charm, so he never leaves home without it.
(d) He says he found it while he was hunting.

4. According to Reverend Childers, what is the most dangerous weapon in the world?
(a) A flirtatious woman.
(b) The jealousy of a man in love.
(c) The hock bone of a mule.
(d) The anger of one friend toward another.

5. Why does Jim Weston begin to play music?
(a) Daisy asks him to play for her.
(b) One of the men at the store requests a song.
(c) When he is nervous, he plays music.
(d) It is the only way he can express his love for Daisy.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. On what errand does Joe Clarke send Lum Boger?

3. Why do some women challenge Joe Clarke's involvement in Jim Weston's trial?

4. Why does Jim Weston pull Daisy down to sit on the tracks with him?

5. Who defends herself by saying that everyone's house has some bedbugs and lice?

(see the answer key)

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