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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 does Jesse give Bob a gift?
2. What happens to John Samuels after he causes a problem at a party?
3. Where are Bob, Charley, and Jesse planning to go when Jesse is shot?
4. What does the governor call Jesse after his murder?
5. How many days does Timberlake give Bob in an ultimatum for turning Jesse in?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does Jesse like "The House on the Hill" so much?
2. What does Zerelda Samuels yell when she sees her son's murdered body?
3. Why does Sheriff TImberlake refer Bob and Dick to Henry Craig?
4. What does Bob tell Jesse he wants to do with the gun Jesse gave him?
5. What does Elias tell Timberlake when he sees Jesse at a relative's store?
6. What does Jesse confess to Charley one night when he wakes him up?
7. How does Charley respond to Bob's confession that he plans to kill Jesse?
8. What telegraph does Bob send to Timberlake while staying with Jesse?
9. What happens after a little boy finds the decomposing body of Wood Hite?
10. What does Bob say in response to questioning about why his underwear has someone else's initials on them?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss whether or not the title of "The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford" is appropriate for the story. Make sure to use at least 3 specific examples from the text to support your position.
Essay Topic 2
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 3
Describe at least 4 ways that the novel is changed -- either positively or negatively -- by having such detailed information about the main characters. Use specific examples from the text to support your argument.
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