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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 Sister Taylor, what is Joe Clarke trying to look like as he heads to the trial?
(a) Like a brigadier general.
(b) Like a big-city lawyer.
(c) Like a Puritan governor.
(d) Like a Supreme Court justice.

2. What is missing when Joe Clarke tries to begin the trial?
(a) The witnesses.
(b) The gavel.
(c) The defendant.
(d) Dave Carter.

3. What explanation does Deacon Lindsay give to explain why he doesn't want to talk to Sister Taylor?
(a) He says she is too ugly.
(b) She is a Baptist and he does not speak to Baptists.
(c) He is too busy and on his way to work.
(d) He heard that she has been gossiping about him.

4. What complaint does Joe Clarke make about Lum Boger?
(a) He says he is lazy.
(b) He says he walks too slowly.
(c) He says he is disrespectful.
(d) He says he is "dumb as a stump."

5. Why is the church bell rung?
(a) Lum Boger rings the bell to signal the beginning of the trial.
(b) Deacon Simms rings the bell to draw attention to his client's case.
(c) It was an accident; someone fell and grabbed the rope.
(d) Hambo rings the bell as a way of ushering Jim Weston out of town.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Reverend Childers, what is the most dangerous weapon in the world?

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

3. How do the men at the store react to Daisy's arrival?

4. What problem do the Methodists have with the sermon that Reverend Childers preached on the day before the trial?

5. How do the men at the store react to the arrival of Teets Miller and Bootsie Pitts?

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