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

2. What do Zerelda and Zee scream for at Jesse's funeral?
(a) Revenge against the men who killed Jesse for money.
(b) Redemption for their sins.
(c) Money from people coming just to gawk.
(d) For Jesse to come back to them.

3. Why do law officials have to close the James's house?
(a) Because there are too many wild animals trying to get in.
(b) Because people are stealing everything they can.
(c) Because it is strangely cold outside.
(d) Because it is a crime scene.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many days does Timberlake give Bob in an ultimatum for turning Jesse in?

2. Why is Dick's leg wound slow to heal?

3. What does Bob tell the sheriff to check on Jesse's body to verify it is who Bob says it is?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens after a little boy finds the decomposing body of Wood Hite?

2. What does Zerelda freak out about when Jesse and Charley are sharing Christmas dinner with her?

3. How does Bob react when he hears the lyrics to the song "The Ballade of Jesse James"?

4. What does Jesse confess to Charley one night when he wakes him up?

5. Why does Dick hid from Jesse when he stops by Martha Bolton's for a visit?

6. What happens with lawyers for Zee after Jesse is murdered?

7. What arrangement do Bob and Timberlake make around a ten-day period?

8. What happens when several men arrive on horseback at the courthouse where Bob and Charley are being held?

9. What kind of hypothetical question does Dick pose to Sheriff Timberlake when he and Bob run into him?

10. What kind of contest does Jesse create with the man at the pool hall?

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