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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Lige Mosely, why should a Baptist be afraid to go swimming?
(a) Baptists do not know how to swim.
(b) Baptists only go into the water for baptism.
(c) Their heads are harder than rocks, so they would drown.
(d) They do not like to bathe, and swimming is a lot like bathing.

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

3. According to Deacon Simms, why does the town need a jail?
(a) The jail will bring in government money.
(b) The town is full of lawlessness.
(c) The church basement is overcrowded with prisoners.
(d) The jail will provide some much-needed jobs.

4. According to Sister Taylor, what will be the cause of the next trial?
(a) Deacon Lindsay will be on trial for beating a woman.
(b) Daisy will be on trial for causing all of the turmoil in town.
(c) She will be on trial for beating some of the Baptists.
(d) She will be on trial for beating other people's children.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Joe Clarke chase away the children who are playing in front of the store?

2. What is Jim Weston's sentence for his crime?

3. Why does the store owner at first refuse to give Mrs. Roberts the meat that she asks for?

4. Why does Sister Taylor doubt that the girl's mother will influence the girl?

5. What part of Joe Clarke's appearance does Sister Thomas criticize?

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