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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 2, Scene 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Sister Taylor doubt that the girl's mother will influence the girl?
(a) She says that a child that mean will not listen to anyone.
(b) She says the girl's mother does not behave any better than the daughter.
(c) She knows that the mother tries but has no control over the daughter.
(d) She knows that the girl only listens to her father.

2. What name does Sister Taylor call the girl who sasses back at her?
(a) A "limb of Satan."
(b) A "little heifer."
(c) A "truck o' trouble."
(d) A "Satan's chile."

3. 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.

4. What does Sister Thomas do after Reverend Childers and his group enter?
(a) She picks a fight with Deacon Lindsay.
(b) She flips her skirt at them and exits.
(c) She begins singing a traditional Methodist hymn.
(d) She sucks her teeth and turns her back to them.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who places Jim Weston under arrest?

2. For what crime is Jim Weston being tried?

3. What does Sister Taylor suggest that changes Sister Jones' mind about testifying?

4. Where is Jim Weston held until his trial?

5. Why does Jim Weston begin to play music?

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