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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On the charge of assault and battery, how does Jim Weston plead?
(a) He says he did not do it and is not guilty.
(b) He says he is sorry and pleads guilty.
(c) He says he did it and would do it again, but he's not guilty.
(d) He says he is sorry that he did it, but he is not guilty.

2. What does Reverend Childers present as evidence against Jim Weston in the trial?
(a) He presents the biblical story of Sampson and the Philistines.
(b) He uses the testimony of witnesses to prove that the beating was violent.
(c) He uses Jim Weston's own confession against him.
(d) He cites the rumor that Jim Weston has been stealing chickens.

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

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

5. How does Jim Weston react when a person from the mob throws something at him?
(a) He shakes his head sadly and walks away.
(b) He runs away and hides on the other side of the tracks.
(c) He runs into the crowd looking for the person who threw the object.
(d) He picks up a brick and hurls it back at the mob.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Jim Weston think that the "mess and stink" was all for nothing?

2. Where does Dave Carter suggest that Jim Weston should go at the end of Act 3?

3. How does Lum Boger respond to the women's reactions when he comes back to quiet them?

4. Who receives the applause from the Methodist side of the church?

5. Hambo accuses Deacon Simms of telling what lie?

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