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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 Dave Carter do after Jim Weston hits him?
(a) Shakes his head and walks back out of town.
(b) Staggers away, supported by Joe Clarke and Deacon Simms.
(c) Staggers away, supported by Daisy.
(d) Falls unconscious.

2. Why does Dave Carter strike back at Jim Weston?
(a) Jim Weston accidentally hits Daisy when he swings at Dave.Carter.
(b) Jim Weston makes a rude comment about Dave Carter's mother.
(c) Jim Weston causes Dave Carter to spill red soda all over his shirt.
(d) Jim Weston breaks his nose.

3. Why does Joe Clarke tell Marshal Lum Boger to save the mule bone?
(a) He needs it for evidence at the trial.
(b) He needs to return it to Matt Brazzle.
(c) He needs to return it to Joe Lindsay.
(d) He wants to make sure that no one else uses it as a weapon.

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

5. How does Daisy respond to the question of whether she prefers Jim Weston or Dave Carter?
(a) She says she prefers Dave Carter.
(b) She says that she is not interested in either.
(c) She will not say who she would choose.
(d) She says she prefers Jim Weston.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Sister Taylor doubt that the girl's mother will influence the girl?

2. With what does Jim Weston hit Dave Carter?

3. As the evening progresses, what games do the men on the porch play?

4. Why does Joe Lindsay bring the mule bone to the store?

5. Why does the store owner at first refuse to give Mrs. Roberts the meat that she asks for?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What complaint does Walter make about Baptist theology?

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

5. Describe the men's reaction to Deacon Simms' arrival.

6. About what do the men on the porch tease Teets and Bootsie? How do the girls respond?

7. How do the women's attitudes toward Daisy differ from the men's?

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

9. How do the men of the town suggest that Mrs. Roberts be dealt with?

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

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