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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Joe Clarke chase away the children who are playing in front of the store?
(a) The children almost broke a window in his store.
(b) They are noisy, and he cannot concentrate on his game.
(c) It is getting late and their parents will expect them home.
(d) He does not really like children.

2. What are Joe Clarke and Deacon Simms doing when Jim Weston and Dave Carter arrive at the store?
(a) They are shaking hands and apologizing to each other.
(b) They are beating each other with the mule bone.
(c) They are playing a friendly game of checkers.
(d) They are still arguing about the town.

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) It is his good luck charm, so he never leaves home without it.
(c) He says he found it behind the store.
(d) He says he found it while he was hunting.

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

5. Why does Joe Lindsay bring the mule bone to the store?
(a) He wants to show it to the other men.
(b) He believes it will bring him luck.
(c) He uses it to protect himself from stray dogs.
(d) He wants to return it to its rightful owner.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Jim Weston begin to play music?

2. Why does Daisy come to the store?

3. What does Deacon Simms discuss after he moves beyond the subject of snakes?

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

5. Where has Daisy been before her return to town?

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