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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When does Nora return home after visiting her father?
(a) She doesn't come home.
(b) She returns in two weeks.
(c) She returns in a month.
(d) She returns in six months.

2. Where is Jessie working?
(a) The Holt Diner.
(b) Starbucks.
(c) The Last Chance Bar.
(d) Target.

3. Where does Nora's father live?
(a) Boulder.
(b) Butte.
(c) Denver.
(d) San Francisco.

4. What is Jack's only regret about his crime?
(a) He can't ever practice law again.
(b) He can't return to work at the grain elevator.
(c) The money didn't last long enough.
(d) Being away from his sons.

5. For how long is Doyle Francis to take over at the grain elevator?
(a) As long as he wants to stay.
(b) A few months.
(c) Until Jack returns or a replacement can be found.
(d) Just a year.

6. Who is Doyle Francis?
(a) The mayor of Holt.
(b) The former manager of the grain elevator.
(c) A traveling salesman.
(d) A high school principal.

7. Who breaks into Jessie's apartment in the middle of the night?
(a) Pat.
(b) Ed.
(c) Jack.
(d) Artie.

8. What is the result of Charlie's failed suicide attempt?
(a) He is brain damaged.
(b) He is crippled.
(c) He is a paraplegic.
(d) He has a stroke.

9. Who do the townspeople yell at on the street?
(a) Charlie.
(b) Wanda Jo.
(c) Ed.
(d) Jessie.

10. What items does Jack buy on credit at Schulte's store?
(a) A couple of belts.
(b) Underwear and socks.
(c) An overcoat.
(d) Ties.

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

12. Where do Pat and Jessie decide to take the boys to avoid seeing Jack?
(a) A bed & breakfast in California.
(b) A fishing trip in the Bahamas.
(c) A trip into the mountains.
(d) Nora's father's house in Denver.

13. How many younger siblings does Jessie have?
(a) 4.
(b) 2.
(c) 3.
(d) 6.

14. How do the townspeople feel when Charlie does not stand trial?
(a) They feel cheated out of justice.
(b) They understand his situation.
(c) They are complacent about it.
(d) They don't pay much attention to the situation.

15. Why does the prosecutor tell the sheriff that he cannot hold Jack in jail?
(a) Someone else confessed to the crime.
(b) He has already been tried for the crime and found innocent.
(c) Someone has posted his bail.
(d) The statute of limitations on the crime has passed.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Jessie's father's profession?

2. How long had Jack been gone from Holt?

3. What do Pat and Jessie do on Sundays?

4. What is Nora's demeanor when Pat visits her at her father's house?

5. What job does Jessie get?

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