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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Deacon Simms suggest that they end the trial?
(a) He says they should sing, dismiss, and all return to work.
(b) He says Joe Clarke should be run out of town, and he himself should be mayor.
(c) He says Jim Weston should be compensated for his mistreatment.
(d) He says everyone should apologize to Jim Weston and set him free.

2. What problem do the Methodists have with the sermon that Reverend Childers preached on the day before the trial?
(a) They accuse him of trying the case before the actual trial.
(b) The sermon was too sympathetic to Jim Weston's case.
(c) His ideas are not supported by the Bible's teachings.
(d) The sermon lasted far too long.

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

4. 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 wants to talk to her.
(d) He is trying to comfort her.

5. 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.

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

7. 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.

8. 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) He is afraid that Reverend Childers will soil his pages.
(c) Reverend Childers is a Baptist and cannot read anyway.
(d) Deacon Simms' children gave the Bible to him, so it's special.

9. What does Sister Taylor suggest that Sister Lewis should do for her daughter?
(a) She should get her buck teeth fixed.
(b) She should teach her how to properly wash herself.
(c) She should get the sheriff to make one of her many boyfriends marry her.
(d) She should get her some new clothes so she does not have to wear sack cloth.

10. Hambo accuses Deacon Simms of telling what lie?
(a) That Joe Clarke sells stale bread, and Hambo defends him.
(b) That Dave Carter has another girlfriend in another town, but it is untrue.
(c) That Dave Carter stepped on Jim Weston's foot on purpose, but it was an accident.
(d) That Jim Weston's father was run out of town, but he was lynched by white people.

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

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

13. Who defends herself by saying that everyone's house has some bedbugs and lice?
(a) Sister Hambo.
(b) Sister Taylor.
(c) Sister Thomas.
(d) Sister Lewis.

14. Where do Daisy and Jim Weston plan to go?
(a) They plan to go back into town.
(b) They do not know where they are going.
(c) They are going to move to Maitland.
(d) They plan to go to Daisy's mother's house.

15. What reason is given to support the idea of the Methodist minister leading the prayer?
(a) The Baptists started the trouble, so they have no business leading a prayer.
(b) The Methodist minister has more formal education.
(c) The Methodists say better prayers than the Baptists.
(d) Dave Carter is a Methodist, so his preacher should say the prayer.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Daisy respond to Jim's anger over her visit with Dave Carter?

2. How does Lum Boger respond to the women's reactions when he comes back to quiet them?

3. Where does Jim Weston plan to go when he gets up to leave after sitting on the railroad tracks?

4. Jim Weston accuses Daisy of hurrying back to town to do what?

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

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