View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Sister Taylor call the Baptist children?
(a) "Limbs of Satan."
(b) "Devil's chillen."
(c) "Lil Baptis' Haitians."
(d) "You all varmints."

2. Describe the relationship between the Methodists and the Baptists in town.
(a) They work together to fight corruption.
(b) They are friendly toward one another.
(c) They do not agree on many ideas and do not get along.
(d) They are beginning to learn how to accept one another.

3. Where is Jim Weston held until his trial?
(a) Under house arrest.
(b) In the store's cellar.
(c) In the church basement.
(d) In Joe Clarke's barn.

4. How do Jim Weston and Dave Carter react to Daisy's return?
(a) They begin to push and shove each other.
(b) They immediately break into song.
(c) They playfully criticize each other to try to impress Daisy.
(d) They are both too nervous to say anything.

5. According to Sister Taylor, how ugly is Deacon Lindsay?
(a) He is so ugly that he scares the cows and their milk dries up.
(b) He is so ugly that his wife puts a sheet over his head so sleep can sneak up on him.
(c) He is so ugly that he does not need a mask for Halloween.
(d) He is so ugly that children run away from him.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Daisy think of Jim Weston and Dave Carter's music?

2. According to Deacon Simms, why does the town need a jail?

3. What draws Joe Clarke's attention to Jim Weston and Dave Carter's fight?

4. Why does Joe Clarke chase away the children who are playing in front of the store?

5. According to Deacon Simms, what kind of day is it in Act 1, Scene 2?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Joe Clarke defend his decision to oversee the trial?

2. What excuse does Dave offer to prove that he is not on his way to visit Daisy?

3. How does Jim react to meeting Daisy as she is on her way back to town?

4. Why is Lum Boger unable to testify about the fight between Dave and Jim?

5. What does Sister Thomas keep saying she needs to do throughout Act 2, Scene 1? Why does it take so long for her to finally do it?

6. What do the women think about Daisy's mother's reaction to the trial?

7. How do the Methodists and Baptists continue their argument into Act 3?

8. Why are the men all interested in the hock bone that Joe Lindsay brings to the store?

9. Compare the fight among the children to the fight between Sister Taylor and Joe Lindsay.

10. Describe Elder Simms' attitude toward the people of the town.

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 973 words (approx. 4 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample