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

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

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

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

5. 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 threatens them with physical harm if they bother him.
(c) He tries to run out of the church and escape.
(d) He jumps over a church bench and punches one of them.

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

7. What does Jim Weston assume when he sees Dave coming down the tracks?
(a) That he has been run out of town, too.
(b) That he is looking for him.
(c) That he is heading out to see Daisy.
(d) That he is lost.

8. What does everyone believe has happened when the church bell begins to toll?
(a) Everyone believes that Jim Weston has been convicted and sentenced.
(b) Everone believes that Jim Weston has been cleared of the charges.
(c) Everyone thinks that Dave Carter has died from his injuries.
(d) Everyone believes that the trial is about to begin.

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

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

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

12. Why does Jim Weston pick up a heavy stick as they walk back to town?
(a) He uses it as a walking stick.
(b) It has an interesting shape, and he wants to show it to Joe Clarke.
(c) He plans to use it against anyone in town who tries to keep him out.
(d) He is going to throw it toward a stray dog.

13. According to Reverend Childers, why is an ass bone close to a mule bone?
(a) An ass is a mule's father, so the mule is related to the ass.
(b) The skeletons of the animals are basically the same.
(c) Both are single-hoofed animals, so they must be in the same family.
(d) They both have large ears, so they must be similar.

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

15. How does Daisy respond when Dave Carter and Jim Weston both choose their music over a life with her?
(a) She slowly walks back toward the town from which she had come.
(b) She sniffs at them and stomps off toward home.
(c) She laughs at first because she thinks they are joking.
(d) She shakes her fist at them and calls them names.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who receives the applause from the Methodist side of the church?

2. According to Lige Mosely, why should a Baptist be afraid to go swimming?

3. How does Daisy respond when Dave Carter asks if she loves him?

4. Why does Jim Weston think that the "mess and stink" was all for nothing?

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

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