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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Jim Weston respond to the Baptists' actions when he enters the church?
(a) He hangs his head and refuses to make eye contact with anyone.
(b) He jumps over a church bench and punches one of them.
(c) He threatens them with physical harm if they bother him.
(d) He tries to run out of the church and escape.

2. Why is the church bell rung?
(a) Lum Boger rings the bell to signal the beginning of the trial.
(b) It was an accident; someone fell and grabbed the rope.
(c) Hambo rings the bell as a way of ushering Jim Weston out of town.
(d) Deacon Simms rings the bell to draw attention to his client's case.

3. How much time would Dave Carter do on a chain gang in order to prove his love for Daisy?
(a) Fifty years.
(b) Life.
(c) Twenty years.
(d) Forty years.

4. On the charge of assault and battery, how does Jim Weston plead?
(a) He says he did not do it and is not guilty.
(b) He says he is sorry that he did it, but he is not guilty.
(c) He says he did it and would do it again, but he's not guilty.
(d) He says he is sorry and pleads guilty.

5. What reason is given to support the idea of the Baptist minister leading the prayer before trial?
(a) Joe Clarke is a Baptist, and he is acting as the judge.
(b) The Baptist minister has more formal education.
(c) The trial is in his church, so he should say the prayer.
(d) The Baptists say better prayers that the Methodists.

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

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

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

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

10. Sister Lewis chastises Brother Nixon for what offense?
(a) He was talking during the trial, and she could not hear.
(b) He hangs his coat on one of the church's empty lamp brackets.
(c) He stepped over her without asking her pardon.
(d) He let his cow get into her strawberry patch.

11. How does Lum Boger respond to the women's reactions when he comes back to quiet them?
(a) He stands next to them and glares at them.
(b) He gets angry and begins to yell at them.
(c) He grumbles under his breath and kicks their chairs.
(d) He meekly returns to his seat next to Jim Weston.

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

13. What excuse does Daisy give Dave Carter to explain why she has not chosen him?
(a) He is less sincere than Jim Weston.
(b) He does not really need her.
(c) She does not believe that he will ever give up singing and dancing.
(d) She cannot marry them both; she has to choose.

14. 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.

15. How many people are in the church at the beginning of Act 2, Scene 2?
(a) The church is nearly empty.
(b) Only a handful of people are in church, but many are waiting outside.
(c) The church is almost full.
(d) Exactly two people are in church, Jim Weston and Deacon Simms.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the setting of Act 3?

2. What does Sister Pitt suggest they must do before the trial begins?

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

4. What is Jim Weston's sentence for his crime?

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

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