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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. How do the men at the store react to the arrival of Teets Miller and Bootsie Pitts?
(a) They are too shy to speak to them directly.
(b) They do not even notice.
(c) They agree that both women are just as pretty as Daisy.
(d) They agree that the women are attractive, but not as attractive as Daisy.

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

3. What evidence does Joe Clarke offer to support his accusation of JIm Weston?
(a) He says he just looks like the type of guy who would do such a thing.
(b) He says he has seen odd-shaped bulges in his coat pockets.
(c) He says he has heard that he buries a lot of feathers in his back yard.
(d) He says he always behaves suspiciously.

4. Which of the following best describes Sister Taylor's position about Daisy's involvement in the fight between Jim Weston and Dave Carter?
(a) Sister Taylor believes that men are responsible for their own actions.
(b) Sister Taylor believes that the two men would fight about any girl.
(c) Sister Taylor believes that Daisy is innocent; it is not her fault that men find her attractive.
(d) Sister Taylor believes that Daisy caused it by showing off and teasing the men.

5. According to Sister Taylor, what is Joe Clarke trying to look like as he heads to the trial?
(a) Like a Puritan governor.
(b) Like a brigadier general.
(c) Like a Supreme Court justice.
(d) Like a big-city lawyer.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Daisy respond to the question of whether she prefers Jim Weston or Dave Carter?

2. For what crime is Jim Weston being tried?

3. According to Sister Taylor, what will be the cause of the next trial?

4. How do the children react to Sister Taylor's reprimands?

5. Who orders Jim' Weston's arrest?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Sister Taylor mean when she says that "De bear is walkin' de earth lak a natural man"?

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

3. How do Jim and Dave react to the squabbling among the people at the trial?

4. Why does Deacon Simms get frustrated during his defense argument?

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

6. Describe Joe Clarke's treatment of Lum Boger.

7. Why are people confused by the ringing of the church bell?

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

9. What evidence throughout Act 2, Scene 2, suggests that Joe Clarke is unfamiliar with court procedures?

10. What is the setting of Act I?

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