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

2. Why does Wood's father remarry?
(a) He has to marry to keep his identity secret.
(b) He likes women too much to stay single.
(c) He has to marry to stay out of jail.
(d) His first wife dies.

3. Who is Annie?
(a) Frank's sister.
(b) Frank's mother.
(c) Frank's secret girlfriend who sometimes comes along on robberies.
(d) Frank's wife.

4. What month was Jesse James born in?
(a) December.
(b) October.
(c) November.
(d) September.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When does Jesse tell the gang that they'll divide the spoils of the robbery of the train on Independence Hill?

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

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

5. What does Zee want most in her earlier marriage to Jesse?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Jesse's attitude, when the novel opens, toward smoking and drinking?

2. How is John Whicher killed?

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

4. What is Ed talking about when Jesse shoots him?

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

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

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

8. What does Annie do when she marries Frank?

9. What happens to the children that Annie and Zee give birth to around the same time?

10. What does Dick tell Sarah to do when they find John's body in the pig sty?

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