1. What explanation does Sister Thomas offer to explain Joe Clarke's decisions regarding the trial?
(a) She says Joe Clarke is using the trial to challenge Deacon Simms.
(b) She says Joe Clarke resents Jim Weston and is looking for an excuse to get him out of town.
(c) She says he knows that no one else will step up to take the leadership role.
(d) She says he sees it as his responsibility as mayor.

2. What does Daisy threaten to do when both Jim Weston and Dave Carter try to hug her?
(a) She threatens to leave them both and go back to work.
(b) She threatens to leave town and return to the North.
(c) She threatens to find another man who will appreciate her.
(d) She threatens to go to her mother's house and leave them standing along the railroad.

3. How does Brother Nixon respond to Sister Lewis' chastisement?
(a) He mocks her and shakes himself at her.
(b) He pretends that he cannot hear her.
(c) He apologizes and then sits quietly.
(d) He looks at her innocently and pretends that he has done nothing.

4. 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 knows that the mother tries but has no control over the daughter.
(c) She knows that the girl only listens to her father.
(d) She says the girl's mother does not behave any better than the daughter.

5. What draws Joe Clarke's attention to Jim Weston and Dave Carter's fight?
(a) Deacon Simms runs in to get Joe Clarke when the men begin to fight.
(b) Their yelling at each other.
(c) The noise of the crowd.
(d) Daisy runs into the store to get Joe Clarke when the men begin to fight.