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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Daisy begin to cry when speaking to Jim Weston in Act 3?
(a) He says he does not love her and he never really loved her.
(b) He says a woman cannot be trusted.
(c) He gets angry and slaps her.
(d) He threatens to leave her alone in the dark.

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

3. How is Jim Weston escorted out of town?
(a) The Methodists are trying to throw him out of town, and the Baptists are trying to pull him back in.
(b) Joe Clarke marches him out of town with a crowd of angry people behind him.
(c) Lum Boger quietly walks him to edge of town and wishes him good luck.
(d) The Baptists are trying to throw him out of town, and the Methodists are trying to pull him back in.

4. How do the Baptists respond to Jim Weston entering the church?
(a) In unison, they all turn their backs on him.
(b) The whisper about him as he walks up the aisle.
(c) They taunt him with chicken and rooster calls.
(d) They cheer him and shout words of encouragement.

5. What Bible does Reverend Childers end up using?
(a) He returns to his home to get his own Bible.
(b) Joe Clarke forces Deacon Simms to share his Bible.
(c) He uses the church Bible from the pulpit.
(d) One of the Baptists in the crowd shares his Bible with him.

6. What does Jim Weston assume when he sees Dave coming down the tracks?
(a) That he is looking for him.
(b) That he is heading out to see Daisy.
(c) That he is lost.
(d) That he has been run out of town, too.

7. What does Daisy say to Jim Weston in Act 3 that changes his mood?
(a) On the night of the fight, she had come to town to see him.
(b) She has come to town to find out about the trial.
(c) She has found another man and is going to live with him in the North.
(d) She wants him to come live with her and her mother.

8. 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.

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

10. Why does Jim Weston pull Daisy down to sit on the tracks with him?
(a) He wants to kiss her.
(b) He just wants her to sit with him.
(c) He is trying to comfort her.
(d) He wants to talk to her.

11. How does Joe Clarke try to quiet the crowd when he enters the church?
(a) He frowns at the crowd.
(b) He sends Lum Boger in to quiet everyone.
(c) He rings the church bell in order to get their attention.
(d) He yells at them to be quiet.

12. According to Jim Weston, how much does he love Daisy?
(a) So much that he is about to explode.
(b) As much as God loves his best angel, Gabriel.
(c) So much that he would eat a live scorpion for her.
(d) As much as a mother bear loves her cub.

13. How does Jim Weston react when a person from the mob throws something at him?
(a) He shakes his head sadly and walks away.
(b) He runs into the crowd looking for the person who threw the object.
(c) He runs away and hides on the other side of the tracks.
(d) He picks up a brick and hurls it back at the mob.

14. Who else did Daisy visit on the same day that she visited Dave Carter?
(a) Daisy also visited Joe Clarke.
(b) Daisy also visited Lum Boger and brought him lunch.
(c) Daisy also visited Jim Weston in the barn.
(d) Daisy also visited Hambo.

15. What order does Joe Clarke give to the people at the trial before they leave the church?
(a) He orders them to leave church grounds before they begin to fight.
(b) He orders them to disperse quietly and return to their homes.
(c) He orders them to help Lum Boger escort Jim Weston out of town.
(d) He orders them to leave their neighbors alone and mind their own business.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Daisy suggest Jim Weston can do for a living after they get married?

2. What does Sister Taylor suggest that Sister Lewis should do for her daughter?

3. Deacon Simms accuses Dave Carter of what?

4. According to Jim Weston, what kind of man does Daisy need?

5. According to Reverend Childers, why is an ass bone close to a mule bone?

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