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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Jesse steal from the church?
2. Who believes that the government supported Bob's actions toward Jesse?
3. Where do Jesse and Charley spend the night after leaving Martha Bolton's house together?
4. What does the governor tell Bob and Charley the reward money he'd promised depended on?
5. What does Bob tell Jesse he's most afraid of?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Elias tell Timberlake when he sees Jesse at a relative's store?
2. What kind of hypothetical question does Dick pose to Sheriff Timberlake when he and Bob run into him?
3. What happens when Bob and Charley try to turn themselves in at the sheriff's office after Bob kills Jesse?
4. What arrangement do Bob and Timberlake make around a ten-day period?
5. How does Charley respond to Bob's confession that he plans to kill Jesse?
6. What is discovered about Jesse's body during the autopsy?
7. What do Jesse and Charley do with the toys and Santa suit they steal from the church?
8. What makes the sheriff finally believe that Jesse James has really been shot?
9. Why is Timberlake suspicious that Jesse will ever show up again that Bob will indeed turn him in?
10. What comparison does Jesse make -- that Bob doesn't like -- during a visit to Martha Bolton's?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Present a well-reasoned paper arguing whether the reader is supposed to find Bob Ford a likable (dedicated, determined, trying to do the "right" thing) character OR an unlikable (manipulative, fame-hungry, back-stabbing, weak) character. Make sure to use specific examples from the text to support your thesis.
Essay Topic 2
Describe at least 4 features of Jesse James and how those features fulfill the traditional, literary requirements of a villain -- even though "The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford" is historical fiction.
Essay Topic 3
Discuss at least 3 reasons why "The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford" could be classified in a genre other than historical fiction, making sure to use specific examples from the text to support your position.
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