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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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.

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

4. What order does Joe Clarke give to the people at the trial before they leave the church?
(a) He orders them to disperse quietly and return to their homes.
(b) He orders them to leave church grounds before they begin to fight.
(c) He orders them to leave their neighbors alone and mind their own business.
(d) He orders them to help Lum Boger escort Jim Weston out of town.

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

6. What does Sister Pitt suggest they must do before the trial begins?
(a) Read the charges.
(b) Start with a prayer.
(c) Call a formal list of witnesses.
(d) Sing a hymn.

7. 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.

8. What are Jim Weston and Dave Carter doing as the curtain falls?
(a) They are walking arm in arm on their way back into town.
(b) Jim Weston begins by humming a tune, and Dave Carter begins to sing the lyrics.
(c) Jim Weston is humming a tune, and Dave Carter is whistling the same tune.
(d) Jim Weston is playing his guitar, and Dave Carter is singing and dancing alongside.

9. What clue in their verbal competition for Daisy suggests that Dave Carter and Jim Weston have put aside their differences?
(a) They both laugh when Dave Carter says he would do life in prison for Daisy.
(b) They put their arms around each other as they continue to banter.
(c) Nothing; they continue to battle for Daisy's love.
(d) They talk about plans to continue playing their music.

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

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

12. Why does Daisy begin to cry when speaking to Jim Weston in Act 3?
(a) He gets angry and slaps her.
(b) He says he does not love her and he never really loved her.
(c) He threatens to leave her alone in the dark.
(d) He says a woman cannot be trusted.

13. 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 has been tried once; they cannot try him again.
(c) Jim Weston hit Dave Carter, so no one else but Dave should have anything to say about it.
(d) None of the people in town know anything about the law anyway.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who defends herself by saying that everyone's house has some bedbugs and lice?

2. Which would Daisy rather be, a lark flying or a dove setting?

3. According to Jim Weston, how much does he love Daisy?

4. What excuse does Daisy give Dave Carter to explain why she has not chosen him?

5. How does Brother Nixon respond to Sister Lewis' chastisement?

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