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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Deacon Simms say he will use as his legal reference during the trial?
(a) He says he will use the law books that he borrowed from the library.
(b) He says he will use his own legal knowledge and experience.
(c) He says he will use the evidence and let that speak for itself.
(d) He says he will use the Bible, from beginning to end.

2. What does Sister Thomas think of Mrs. Blunt's reaction to the trial and the associated gossip?
(a) She is smugly satisfied to see that Mrs. Blunt is in an awkward position.
(b) She believes that Mrs. Blunt has been asking for trouble because she has not raised Daisy properly.
(c) She believes that Mrs. Blunt must be overwhelmed by her daughter's role in the fight.
(d) She does not know why Mrs. Blunt is upset, since she is not directly involved in the trial.

3. How do Sisters Taylor and Thomas greet Joe Clarke when he arrives at the trial?
(a) They ask to pray with him for a peaceful resolution to the trial.
(b) They ignore him and do not speak to him at all.
(c) They criticize him for taking the Baptist side of the argument.
(d) They wish him luck.

4. Why does Daisy come to the store?
(a) She wants to challenge the men to a high-stakes poker game.
(b) She needs to pick up some items for her mother.
(c) She needs to buy some stamps.
(d) She wants to show off her new dress for all of the men.

5. How does Dave Carter react to Jim Weston's anger?
(a) He punches Jim Weston in the stomach.
(b) He ignores him and escorts Daisy into the store so he can buy her a treat.
(c) He apologizes to his friend.
(d) He accuses Jim Weston of being an inferior musician.

6. When the fighting children enter, what does Sister Taylor look for, and what does she intend to do with it?
(a) She looks for another adult to help back her up.
(b) She looks for a rock to throw at the children.
(c) She looks for a stick with which she can hit the children.
(d) She looks for an easy exit so she can get away from the children.

7. Why does Joe Clarke tell Marshal Lum Boger to save the mule bone?
(a) He needs to return it to Matt Brazzle.
(b) He needs it for evidence at the trial.
(c) He wants to make sure that no one else uses it as a weapon.
(d) He needs to return it to Joe Lindsay.

8. On what errand does Joe Clarke send Lum Boger?
(a) To get the witnesses.
(b) To get the gavel.
(c) To work at the store during the trial.
(d) To get Jim Weston and the mule bone from the barn.

9. Of what, in addition to assault, does Joe Clarke suggest that Jim Weston is guilty?
(a) Of stealing from his store.
(b) Of being ungodly and not attending church.
(c) Of stealing his chickens.
(d) Of mistreating women.

10. Why does Jim Weston begin to play music?
(a) One of the men at the store requests a song.
(b) When he is nervous, he plays music.
(c) It is the only way he can express his love for Daisy.
(d) Daisy asks him to play for her.

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

12. What does Joe Clarke realize that he needs to get from the lodge room before he goes to the trial?
(a) The gavel.
(b) The list of charges.
(c) The evidence.
(d) His judge's robe.

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

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

15. Which of the following best describes the Baptist position on Jim Weston's guilt?
(a) They believe that he and Dave Carter should resolve the issue themselves.
(b) They believe that he should be imprisoned for at least a year.
(c) They believe that he should be expelled from the town.
(d) They believe that he is innocent and should be released.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Joe Lindsay bring the mule bone to the store?

2. What does Dave Carter do while Jim Weston plays music?

3. What does Sister Taylor call the Baptist children?

4. What name does Sister Taylor call the girl who sasses back at her?

5. Why does Daisy return to the store in Act 1, Scene 1?

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