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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. Why is Dick's leg wound slow to heal?
2. During what month does Jesse arrive, looking for Dick, at Martha Bolton's?
3. Who believes that the government supported Bob's actions toward Jesse?
4. On what notable day does Jesse rob the church?
5. After being slapped by Jesse, what does Charley confess to Bob?
Short Essay Questions
1. What kind of contest does Jesse create with the man at the pool hall?
2. What kind of hypothetical question does Dick pose to Sheriff Timberlake when he and Bob run into him?
3. What does Zerelda Samuels yell when she sees her son's murdered body?
4. Why does Jesse like "The House on the Hill" so much?
5. What does Bob say in response to questioning about why his underwear has someone else's initials on them?
6. What happens with lawyers for Zee after Jesse is murdered?
7. Why does Dick hid from Jesse when he stops by Martha Bolton's for a visit?
8. Why does Sheriff TImberlake refer Bob and Dick to Henry Craig?
9. What happens when Bob and Charley try to turn themselves in at the sheriff's office after Bob kills Jesse?
10. What happens after a little boy finds the decomposing body of Wood Hite?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss at least 3 ways that the violence and/or robbery scenes in "The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford" are gratuitously violent and why such violence takes away from the plot and/or rest of the text.
Essay Topic 2
Historical fiction, and "The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford" in particular, are an especially popular type of novel. Discuss at least 4 aspects of Hansen's writing style that resonates so strongly with such a large audience, citing specific examples from the text to support your thesis.
Essay Topic 3
Discuss at least 3 literary devices that Hansen uses to help the reader better understand at least one character of your choosing. Use direct quotations and/or examples from the text to support your position.
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