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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Deacon Simms say he will use as his legal reference during the trial?
(a) He says he will use the Bible, from beginning to end.
(b) He says he will use his own legal knowledge and experience.
(c) He says he will use the evidence and let that speak for itself.
(d) He says he will use the law books that he borrowed from the library.

2. Which of the following best describes the exchange between Sister Taylor and Deacon Lindsay?
(a) Their exchange leads to improved relations between both sides.
(b) They say little, but they exchange vicious glances.
(c) They criticize each other and threaten to fight.
(d) They playfully tease each other.

3. Why does Joe Lindsay bring the mule bone to the store?
(a) He uses it to protect himself from stray dogs.
(b) He believes it will bring him luck.
(c) He wants to return it to its rightful owner.
(d) He wants to show it to the other men.

4. From which mule did the bone originally come?
(a) Lum Boger's old mule.
(b) No one knows.
(c) The mule that escaped from Will Cody's pasture.
(d) Matt Brazzle's mean mule.

5. What complaint does Joe Clarke make about Lum Boger?
(a) He says he is "dumb as a stump."
(b) He says he is disrespectful.
(c) He says he walks too slowly.
(d) He says he is lazy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following best describes the Baptist position on Jim Weston's guilt?

2. Why do some women challenge Joe Clarke's involvement in Jim Weston's trial?

3. What are Joe Clarke and Deacon Simms doing when Jim Weston and Dave Carter arrive at the store?

4. What does Dave Carter do after Jim Weston hits him?

5. Which two characters are the first to speak in Act 2, Scene 1?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Sister Taylor struggle to read the sign posted on the tree?

3. What is the setting of Act I?

4. Describe Lum Boger's role as marshal.

5. Why does Sister Taylor want to testify at the trial even though she was not present at the fight?

6. What kind of relationship does Daisy seem to have with her mother?

7. Describe the relationship between Joe Clarke and his wife.

8. What do the other characters think of Mrs. Roberts?

9. Why does Jim turn his back on Daisy after she offers him a job and a place to go?

10. How does Mrs. Thomas' show herself to be hypocrite with her response to Mrs. Blunt's request?

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