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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the governor tell Bob and Charley the reward money he'd promised depended on?
(a) How valuable their information was.
(b) The railroads kicking in their shares.
(c) What public opinion was at the time of their arrest.
(d) What public opinion is now.

2. On what notable day does Jesse rob the church?
(a) Christmas Day.
(b) New Year's Day.
(c) Christmas Eve.
(d) Easter.

3. How much of a reward does Jesse offer for Dick Liddil?
(a) $1,000,000.
(b) $100,000.
(c) $10,000.
(d) $1,000.

4. What prompts Bob to go to Kansas City and meet with Henry Craig another time?
(a) Jesse's threatening emails.
(b) The guilt he has over the crimes he committed.
(c) An article in the newspaper.
(d) Nothing; it happens by coincidence.

5. Where are Bob, Charley, and Jesse planning to go when Jesse is shot?
(a) The train station.
(b) Platte City.
(c) Jacksonville.
(d) The police station.

6. Who does Bob tell about Jesse's plans to rob the bank in Platte City?
(a) Charley.
(b) Craig.
(c) The governor.
(d) Timberlake.

7. What does Bob tell Jesse he's most afraid of?
(a) That he'll never get married.
(b) That he'll never see his girlfriend again.
(c) That Jesse will kill him.
(d) That he'll be forgotten.

8. Who provides Bob and Charley with an attorney?
(a) Zee.
(b) Henry Craig.
(c) Zerelda.
(d) The priest of their church.

9. What does the sheriff of Clay County keep a record of?
(a) All visitors arriving into the area.
(b) The weather.
(c) Everyone's mailing address.
(d) Who has paid him bribes and who has not.

10. Why is Dick's leg wound slow to heal?
(a) He refuses to take any medicine.
(b) He won't rest like he's supposed to.
(c) He keeps picking at it.
(d) It is infected.

11. What does the governor call Jesse after his murder?
(a) A "disgrace to the James family."
(b) A "proud citizen of this state."
(c) An "honorable man."
(d) A "putrid curse."

12. How much does R.J. Haire offer to represent Zee for?
(a) $500.
(b) $50.
(c) $5,000.
(d) Free.

13. Who admits that a body found is in fact Wood Hite?
(a) Annie.
(b) Bob.
(c) Frank.
(d) Elias.

14. Who believes that the government supported Bob's actions toward Jesse?
(a) Everyone except the Ford family.
(b) Nearly everyone.
(c) Very few people.
(d) Everyone except the James family.

15. How does Zerelda respond when she sees her son's body?
(a) She says that it is not him.
(b) She is stoic.
(c) She wails and cries.
(d) She laughs, remembering all the fun they had.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wrote the song "The Ballade of Jesse James"?

2. What does Bob do for a living while waiting to turn Jesse in?

3. What surprising piece of information is discovered during Jesse's autopsy?

4. Where does Martha believe Dick has really gone to, despite what he said in a message?

5. What reason does Bob give to Jesse about why he was in Kansas City?

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