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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Joe Clarke respond to Deacon Simms' suggestion about the jail?
(a) He agrees and wants to hear more.
(b) He isn't sure, but agrees to bring it up at the next town meeting.
(c) He laughs because he thinks it must be a joke.
(d) He is offended and argues.

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

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

4. What complaint does Deacon Simms have about snakes?
(a) The snakes keep eating his chicks.
(b) They are the only creature of which he is afraid.
(c) He can never tell the difference between venomous and non-venomous snakes.
(d) They are messengers of the devil and represent evil.

5. Who orders Jim' Weston's arrest?
(a) Marshal Lum Boger.
(b) Deacon Simms.
(c) Joe Clarke.
(d) Daisy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Dave Carter strike back at Jim Weston?

2. How has Daisy's return to town affected Jim Weston and Dave Carter?

3. How do the men at the store react to Mrs. Roberts' plight?

4. What draws Joe Clarke's attention to Jim Weston and Dave Carter's fight?

5. What do the men at the store begin to talk about after Jim Weston and Dave Carter arrive?

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