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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to one of Bob's stories, what do Jesse and his gang give to a kind woman who gave them a meal?
(a) Free groceries for a year.
(b) Money for her mortgage payment.
(c) A dozen roses.
(d) A very expensive necklace they got during one of their robberies.

2. Who is Ida?
(a) Frank's daughter.
(b) Jesse's daughter.
(c) Bob's daughter.
(d) Martha's daughter.

3. Who ends up taking care of Jesse as he recovers from being shot?
(a) Zee.
(b) Frank.
(c) Annie.
(d) His mother.

4. Where did Bob spend his childhood?
(a) Texas.
(b) Virginia.
(c) Florida.
(d) South Carolina.

5. What does Dick tell Bob about his involvement with another man named Jim Cummins?
(a) That he is planning to kill him.
(b) That he knows he is an undercover detective.
(c) That they are secret lovers.
(d) That he is in "cahoots" with him.

6. What newspaper does Jesse show Zee that causes her to become angry with him and with what he does for a living?
(a) The Los Angeles Times.
(b) The Kansas City Times.
(c) The Dallas Star.
(d) The New York Times.

7. During his recovery from being shot, what does Jesse decide he wants to do for a career?
(a) Be a doctor.
(b) Be a teacher.
(c) Be a lawyer.
(d) Be a minister.

8. Where does Jesse have "two incompletely healed bullet holes"?
(a) In his forearm.
(b) In his leg.
(c) One in a leg, one in an arm.
(d) In his chest.

9. Who initially refuses to give into Bob's insistence that he be allowed to join the James gang?
(a) Jesse.
(b) Frank.
(c) Clarence.
(d) Charley.

10. Why does Jesse keep Bob around even though he sends the rest of the gang away in Chapter 3?
(a) He thinks he is a spy.
(b) He just wants to hang out more.
(c) He wants help moving.
(d) He wants to keep an eye on him.

11. What does Zee think happens to Jesse when he is around his friend Cole Younger?
(a) He gets vicious.
(b) He gets too drunk.
(c) He gets nicer.
(d) He gets quiet.

12. Who is Susan?
(a) Jesse's secret girlfriend.
(b) Jesse's daughter.
(c) Jesse's sister.
(d) Jesse's mother.

13. Where are the Hites from?
(a) Louisiana.
(b) Georgia.
(c) Mississippi.
(d) Kentucky.

14. How often does Bob talk as the gang waits for the train on Independence Hill to arrive?
(a) He goes from talking a mile a minute to not talking at all.
(b) Not at all; he is too nervous.
(c) He only answers questions with one word.
(d) Almost constantly.

15. Who dies as a result of the attack on Jesse's mother's house?
(a) Jesse's mother.
(b) Their beloved pet dog.
(c) His brother.
(d) No one.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Chappy Foote?

2. What do detectives throw into Jesse's mother's house?

3. Who is John W. Whicher?

4. What is Zee's full name?

5. What month was Jesse James born in?

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