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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Joe Lindsay find the mule bone?
(a) He says he found it behind the store.
(b) He says he found it while he was hunting.
(c) It is his good luck charm, so he never leaves home without it.
(d) He always carries it with him when he walks to town in order to fight off stray dogs.

2. When did Jim Weston tell Daisy that he could kiss her every day ("as regular as pig-tracks")?
(a) Before she moved up North.
(b) Just before the fight.
(c) Right before the trial.
(d) When they were children.

3. Why does Deacon Simms refuse to allow Reverend Childers to use his Bible?
(a) Reverend Childers is a Baptist and cannot read anyway.
(b) Deacon Simms' children gave the Bible to him, so it's special.
(c) He says any good preacher would have brought his own Bible.
(d) He is afraid that Reverend Childers will soil his pages.

4. What does Jim Weston pour out of his shoe?
(a) Sand.
(b) Whiskey.
(c) Rocks.
(d) Water.

5. Where does Dave Carter suggest that Jim Weston should go at the end of Act 3?
(a) Follow Daisy.
(b) To Maitland.
(c) Back to town.
(d) Follow the train tracks into Georgia.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Jim Weston held until his trial?

2. Why does Jim Weston get angry with Dave Carter in Act 1, Scene 1?

3. Why does Jim Weston pick up a heavy stick as they walk back to town?

4. Where is the notice of Jim Weston's trial displayed?

5. What order does Joe Clarke give to the people at the trial before they leave the church?

(see the answer key)

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