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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What draws Joe Clarke's attention to Jim Weston and Dave Carter's fight?
(a) The noise of the crowd.
(b) Their yelling at each other.
(c) Daisy runs into the store to get Joe Clarke when the men begin to fight.
(d) Deacon Simms runs in to get Joe Clarke when the men begin to fight.

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

3. How does Daisy respond to the question of whether she prefers Jim Weston or Dave Carter?
(a) She says she prefers Dave Carter.
(b) She will not say who she would choose.
(c) She says she prefers Jim Weston.
(d) She says that she is not interested in either.

4. What instrument does Jim Weston play?
(a) The harmonica.
(b) The fiddle.
(c) The accordion.
(d) The guitar.

5. From which mule did the bone originally come?
(a) Lum Boger's old mule.
(b) No one knows.
(c) Matt Brazzle's mean mule.
(d) The mule that escaped from Will Cody's pasture.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Dave Carter do after Jim Weston hits him?

2. Why is Joe Clarke so passionate about the town?

3. How does Dave Carter react to Jim Weston's anger?

4. Where did Joe Lindsay find the mule bone?

5. According to Deacon Simms, why does the town need a jail?

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