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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On what hand is Jesse missing a piece of his finger?
(a) His right hand.
(b) This is a trick question: both hands.
(c) His left hand.
(d) This is a trick question: neither hand.

2. Who does Susan marry?
(a) Jesse.
(b) Allen Palmer.
(c) Jesse's nephew.
(d) The town sherrif.

3. Who kills Ed Cummins?
(a) Dick.
(b) Sarah.
(c) Jesse.
(d) Wood.

4. What is Zee's full name?
(a) Zeedidah Amanda.
(b) Zee Thomason.
(c) Zerelda Amanda Mimms James.
(d) Zelda Amy Simpleton.

5. Where do most of the gang members sleep at Jesse's home after they rob the train on Independence Hill?
(a) In the basement.
(b) On couches downstairs.
(c) In the barn.
(d) In the children's rooms.

6. Where does Jesse live until the Civil War is over?
(a) California.
(b) Texas.
(c) Canada.
(d) Mexico.

7. What happens to the twin boys Zee gives birth to?
(a) They are taken by the state.
(b) They die of crib death.
(c) They are kidnapped.
(d) They grow up to be good, law-abiding men.

8. Who ends up killing John W. Whicher?
(a) Jesse.
(b) Zee.
(c) He ends up committing suicide.
(d) Jesse's mother.

9. When does Jesse propose to Zee?
(a) On her birthday.
(b) On Christmas Day.
(c) On the same day he wants to get married.
(d) On his birthday.

10. What happens during the duel between Dick and Wood?
(a) No one is killed.
(b) Both men are killed.
(c) Both men are seriously wounded.
(d) They end up laughing before they can shoot each other.

11. What is Martha's marital status in the novel?
(a) She is engaged.
(b) She is married.
(c) She is widowed.
(d) She is divorced.

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

13. Who joins the Pinkerton Detectives in an effort to quell some of the robberies Jesse and his gang are committing?
(a) The FBI.
(b) Union Soliders.
(c) The Secret Service.
(d) Confederate Soliders.

14. Where does Dick end up renting a room during his affair with Sarah?
(a) Campsville.
(b) Russellville.
(c) Portersville.
(d) Cooperstown.

15. What is Clarence's relationship to Wood?
(a) Wood is the father; Clarence is the son.
(b) They are brothers.
(c) They have no relation.
(d) They are cousins.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Bob stop after being sent away from Jesse's home in Chapter 3?

2. According to one of Bob's stories, what do Jesse and his gang give to a kind woman who gave them a meal?

3. Where does Jesse have "two incompletely healed bullet holes"?

4. What is Wood's relationship to Jesse?

5. What month was Jesse James born in?

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