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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What items does Jack buy on credit at the Men's Store?
(a) A suit and shirts.
(b) A tuxedo.
(c) Three suits.
(d) Shoes and shirts.

2. What does Jack refuse to talk to Pat about?
(a) His boys.
(b) The embezzlement.
(c) His health.
(d) Jessie.

3. How old is Jessie?
(a) 20.
(b) 29.
(c) 17.
(d) 31.

4. What does the grain elevator bookkeeper become in town after the news of the theft?
(a) An outcast.
(b) A religious convert.
(c) A hero.
(d) A pathetic man.

5. How does Charlie attempt suicide?
(a) He overdoses on drugs.
(b) He shoots himself.
(c) He inhales car exhaust fumes.
(d) He slits his wrist.

6. What is NOT Jack's demeanor when the head of the grain elevator's board visits him in jail?
(a) Haughty.
(b) Remorseful.
(c) Flip.
(d) Callous.

7. What message does Jessie publish for the townspeople to read?
(a) That Jack has been murdered.
(b) That a search has been scheduled to find Jack.
(c) That she is not responsible for Jack's debts.
(d) That she is divorcing Jack.

8. Which of the following do Pat, Jessie and her boys NOT do on an excursion to Denver?
(a) Go to a waterpark.
(b) Play cowboys.
(c) Eat at a family restaurant.
(d) Visit a children's museum.

9. What expensive item does Jack buy on credit at a jewelry store in December of 1976?
(a) Watch.
(b) Diamond earrings.
(c) Anniversary ring.
(d) Pearl necklace.

10. Where does the sheriff take Jack when he releases him from jail?
(a) To the grain elevator.
(b) To his house.
(c) To the minister's parsonage.
(d) Out past the city limits.

11. What does Jack order Pat to do?
(a) Give him a job.
(b) Move to Denver.
(c) Stay away from Jessie.
(d) Post his bail.

12. Who cared for Jessie's mother and siblings?
(a) A nurse.
(b) Jessie's mother.
(c) Jessie's father.
(d) Jessie.

13. What is the nickname of Jessie and Jack's son?
(a) T.J.
(b) Tom Tom.
(c) Tomas.
(d) Tommie Boy.

14. How does Jessie react to the people in town who try to befriend her?
(a) She chooses a few friends.
(b) She embraces all of them.
(c) She is tentative toward them.
(d) She rebuffs them.

15. To whom does Jessie sign over the deed to her house?
(a) The grain elevator.
(b) Her children.
(c) The Methodist church.
(d) Her brother.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Pat and Jessie do on Sundays?

2. How can Jessie best be characterized?

3. Why does the sheriff call Pat?

4. How is Jack able to force Jessie and the boys into the car?

5. For what reason did Jessie marry Jack?

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