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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the setting of Act 2, Scene 2?
(a) 4 p.m. at the United Methodist Church.
(b) Noon at the Macedonia Baptist Church.
(c) 3 p.m. at the United Methodist Church.
(d) 3 p.m. at the Macedonia Baptist Church.

2. Deacon Simms accuses Dave Carter of what?
(a) Of stealing Daisy away from Jim Weston.
(b) Of feeling jealous of Jim Weston.
(c) Of living an unclean life.
(d) Of lying to Jim Weston about his injuries.

3. According to Reverend Childers, what is the most dangerous weapon in the world?
(a) A flirtatious woman.
(b) The jealousy of a man in love.
(c) The anger of one friend toward another.
(d) The hock bone of a mule.

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

5. What does Daisy suggest Jim Weston can do for a living after they get married?
(a) She suggests that he can become a waiter in Maitland.
(b) She assures him that she will make enough to support them both.
(c) She suggests that he will make plenty of money as a guitar player.
(d) She suggests that he become a yard man and give up the guitar.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What excuse does Daisy give Dave Carter to explain why she has not chosen him?

3. How does Deacon Simms suggest that they end the trial?

4. What reason is given to support the idea of the Methodist minister leading the prayer?

5. Which of the following best describes Sister Taylor's position about Daisy's involvement in the fight between Jim Weston and Dave Carter?

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