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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 Bob's full name?
(a) Robert James.
(b) Robert Woodrow Jesse James.
(c) Robert James Wood.
(d) Robert Ford.

2. Who is Zee named after?
(a) A character in the Bible.
(b) No one.
(c) The town mayor's wife.
(d) Jesse's mother.

3. What does Bob buy for himself after being sent away from Jesse's home in Chapter 3?
(a) A new gun.
(b) A new Bible.
(c) New clothes.
(d) A new car.

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

5. What does Jesse give Chappy Foote as he leaves the train he robs on Independence Hill?
(a) Directions for how to contact the police.
(b) A signed picture.
(c) A photograph of himself from the paper.
(d) A dollar.

Short Answer Questions

1. How often does Bob talk as the gang waits for the train on Independence Hill to arrive?

2. Who is John W. Whicher?

3. Who does Susan marry?

4. What does the James Gang use to stop the train on Independence Hill?

5. On what hand is Jesse missing a piece of his finger?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is John Whicher killed?

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

3. Why do other gang members tease Bob when they are all sent away -- except for him -- at the beginning of Chapter 3?

4. What wounds does Jesse have when he is first introduced into the text?

5. How does John Tabor respond to the affair between Dick and Sarah?

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

7. How does Jesse respond to the news that his sister is set to marry Allen Parmer?

8. What does Annie do when she marries Frank?

9. Who is Cole Younger?

10. What happens once Zee begins to accept the kind of life she is going to have with Jesse?

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