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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Dave Carter insist that no one in town has any right to determine Jim Weston's punishment?
(a) No one in town has any legal power.
(b) Jim Weston hit Dave Carter, so no one else but Dave should have anything to say about it.
(c) None of the people in town know anything about the law anyway.
(d) Jim Weston has been tried once; they cannot try him again.

2. According to Jim Weston, what kind of man does Daisy need?
(a) A man who does not mind being bossed.
(b) A man who does not mind being lied to.
(c) A man who will keep her in line.
(d) A man who does not mind working hard and getting up early.

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

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

5. How does Joe Clarke respond to Mrs. Nixon's accusation that he mistreats his wife and sells rancid bacon?
(a) He says everyone knows that she lies, so he is not concerned.
(b) He bangs his gavel and calls for order.
(c) He says she will not be allowed to buy anything else from the store until she pays back the money she owes.
(d) He says she smells like a nest of yellow hammers.

6. What does Dave Carter say he got enough of on Saturday night (the night of the fight)?
(a) He says he got enough of fighting.
(b) He says that he got enough of singing and dancing.
(c) He says he got enough of Daisy.
(d) He says he got enough of Jim Weston.

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

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

9. What does Daisy do after Jim Weston decides that he would rather have his freedom than marry her?
(a) She turns her nose up into the air and walks away.
(b) She turns to Dave Carter and offers him the same opportunity.
(c) She nods her head in agreement.
(d) She cries and begs him to change his mind.

10. When did Jim Weston tell Daisy that he could kiss her every day ("as regular as pig-tracks")?
(a) Right before the trial.
(b) Before she moved up North.
(c) When they were children.
(d) Just before the fight.

11. 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.

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

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

14. According to Lige Mosely, why should a Baptist be afraid to go swimming?
(a) Their heads are harder than rocks, so they would drown.
(b) They do not like to bathe, and swimming is a lot like bathing.
(c) Baptists do not know how to swim.
(d) Baptists only go into the water for baptism.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why is Daisy in a hurry when Jim Weston runs into her?

3. Why does Daisy begin to cry when speaking to Jim Weston in Act 3?

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

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

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