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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Daisy threaten to do when both Jim Weston and Dave Carter try to hug her?
(a) She threatens to find another man who will appreciate her.
(b) She threatens to leave them both and go back to work.
(c) She threatens to go to her mother's house and leave them standing along the railroad.
(d) She threatens to leave town and return to the North.

2. What is Jim Weston's sentence for his crime?
(a) Two years of exile from the town.
(b) Two years of hard labor.
(c) Two months imprisoned in the barn.
(d) Community service.

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

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

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

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

7. What accusation do the Methodists hurl at Dave Carter when he enters the church?
(a) They belive that he just wants to cause trouble in town.
(b) They believe that he started the fight and deserved what he got.
(c) They believe that he has stolen Joe Clarke's chickens.
(d) They believe that he is faking his injury, trying to look hurt.

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

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

10. 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 shakes his head sadly and walks away.
(d) He picks up a brick and hurls it back at the mob.

11. To prove his love for Daisy, how much time would Jim Weston do on a chain gang?
(a) Fifty years.
(b) Twenty years.
(c) Life.
(d) Forty years.

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

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

14. 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 meekly returns to his seat next to Jim Weston.
(c) He gets angry and begins to yell at them.
(d) He grumbles under his breath and kicks their chairs.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Daisy refuse both Jim Weston and Dave Carter?

2. What did Daisy do for Dave Carter the day before the trial?

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

4. What clue in their verbal competition for Daisy suggests that Dave Carter and Jim Weston have put aside their differences?

5. What is Dave Carter wearing when he enters the church?

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