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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. What is Wood's full name?
(a) Samuel Wood James.
(b) Woodster Acolute James Jackson.
(c) Robert Woodson Hite.
(d) Woody Acolute James.

2. As he is about to rob the train on Independence Hill, who does Jesse introduce himself to?
(a) The engineer.
(b) The mayor.
(c) Bob.
(d) No one; he refuses to talk during robberies.

3. What is Jesse James's full name?
(a) Jessee Ronald James.
(b) Jesse Reginald James.
(c) Jesse Woodson James.
(d) Jesse William James III.

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

5. Who is John W. Whicher?
(a) A man interested in Jesse's wife.
(b) A detective.
(c) Jesse's adoptive father.
(d) Jesse's friend and neighbor.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who joins the Pinkerton Detectives in an effort to quell some of the robberies Jesse and his gang are committing?

2. How does Jesse respond to Bob's idea that he be next to him when they rob the train on Independence Hill?

3. Why does Wood's father remarry?

4. Who is Martha Bolton?

5. What does Bob buy for himself after being sent away from Jesse's home in Chapter 3?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Ed Miller nervous about when Jesse comes to visit him at his home?

2. How is John Whicher killed?

3. How does the Kansas City Times describe the series of robberies that Jesse is involved with in Missouri?

4. What does Jesse offer to do before leaving Chappy Foote's train after robbing it -- and how does Chappy respond to the offer?

5. Why is Jesse's son known as Tim?

6. Who is Cole Younger?

7. What "gift" does Jesse give Chappy Foote as he is leaving the train after robbing it?

8. What does Bob tell Wood as he lay dying?

9. What reason does Charley give for why he hit a man over the head during the robbery of the train on Independence Hill?

10. How do the people of the train that the gang robs on Independence Hill respond when Frank tells them they don't rob preachers or widows?

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