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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What evidence does Dave Carter present to prove that he is as clean as everybody else?
(a) He lets Reverend Childers check for dirt behind his ears.
(b) He says he goes swimming nearly every day.
(c) He sniffs under his arm and declares himself clean.
(d) He says he has had a bath that very day.

3. 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 found another man and is going to live with him in the North.
(c) She wants him to come live with her and her mother.
(d) She has come to town to find out about the trial.

4. Where does Dave Carter suggest that Jim Weston should go at the end of Act 3?
(a) Back to town.
(b) Follow Daisy.
(c) To Maitland.
(d) Follow the train tracks into Georgia.

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

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

7. What argument does Deacon Simms use to defend Jim Weston?
(a) He says that Jim was simply defending himself from Dave's angry tirade.
(b) He says that it was an innocent disagreement between friends, but not a crime.
(c) He says that according to white law and the Bible, a mule bone is not a weapon.
(d) He says that Jim was full of rage and did not realize what he was doing.

8. What is missing when Joe Clarke tries to begin the trial?
(a) The witnesses.
(b) The defendant.
(c) The gavel.
(d) Dave Carter.

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

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

11. How does Daisy respond to Jim's anger over her visit with Dave Carter?
(a) She apologizes and begs for his forgiveness.
(b) She gets angry and yells at him.
(c) She turns on her heel and walks away.
(d) She begins to cry and says she was just being nice.

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

13. 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 gets angry and slaps her.
(c) He says a woman cannot be trusted.
(d) He threatens to leave her alone in the dark.

14. Who receives the applause from the Methodist side of the church?
(a) Reverend Childers.
(b) Joe Clarke.
(c) Deacon Simms.
(d) Joe Lindsay.

15. How do Jim Weston and Dave Carter express their love for Daisy?
(a) They recite poetry that they have dedicated to her.
(b) They arm wrestle for her.
(c) They both sing songs that they have written for her.
(d) They try to outdo each other with extremes of what they would do for her.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Daisy threaten to do when both Jim Weston and Dave Carter try to hug her?

2. On the charge of assault and battery, how does Jim Weston plead?

3. What is the setting of Act 2, Scene 2?

4. What does everyone believe has happened when the church bell begins to toll?

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

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