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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What evidence does Sister Taylor provide to prove that her husband is good to her?
(a) He brings home plenty of money.
(b) He is a good father to their children.
(c) He listens to her when she has a problem.
(d) He brings her flowers for no reason.

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

3. How do the women react when Lum Boger comes back to quiet them?
(a) They quiet down for a bit.
(b) They threaten him and warn him not to come near them.
(c) They apologize and quickly quiet down.
(d) They ignore him.

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

5. Jim Weston accuses Daisy of hurrying back to town to do what?
(a) He believes that she has finally chosen him over Dave Carter.
(b) To meet up with Dave Carter.
(c) To get away from him.
(d) He believes that she is trying to reach home before dark.

6. 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.

7. Where does Daisy suggest she and Jim Weston live after they get married?
(a) In town, with her mother.
(b) In another state.
(c) In Maitland, at her employer's farm.
(d) It does not matter.

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

9. What does Jim Weston say that makes Daisy finally choose him over Dave Carter?
(a) He says he would buy her a train.
(b) He says he would give up his best friend for her.
(c) He says that he would jump off of an airplane just to walk with her.
(d) He says he truly loves her.

10. Why does Joe Clarke get frustrated with Lum Boger?
(a) He has not shown up for the trial yet.
(b) He is sitting with the defendant.
(c) He blames him for forgetting the gavel.
(d) He has not quited the crowd.

11. What is the setting of Act 3?
(a) Near sundown along the railroad tracks outside of town.
(b) Near sunrise along the railroad tracks outside of town.
(c) At sunrise near Maitland.
(d) Near Maitland at sundown.

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

13. According to the characters at the beginning of Act 2, Scene 2, how are Reverend Childers and Deacon Simms different?
(a) Reverend Childers does not believe in baptism.
(b) Deacon Simms is unmarried.
(c) Reverend Childers has been to college.
(d) Deacon Simms has more formal education.

14. Where does Jim Weston plan to go when he gets up to leave after sitting on the railroad tracks?
(a) He plans to follow the tracks into Georgia.
(b) He plans to go right back into town.
(c) He has no idea where he will go.
(d) He plans to go to Maitland.

15. What evidence does Sister Hambo provide to prove that she is telling the truth?
(a) She belongs to Macedonia Baptist Church and cannot lie.
(b) She swears on her mother's grave that she is telling the truth.
(c) She has six children, and they are all as honest as she is.
(d) Everyone in town knows that she always tells the truth.

Short Answer Questions

1. What order does Joe Clarke give to the people at the trial before they leave the church?

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

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

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

5. Why does Deacon Simms refuse to allow Reverend Childers to use his Bible?

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