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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How old is Pat and Nora's daughter in 1982?
(a) 16.
(b) 23.
(c) 12.
(d) 19.

3. What accident does Jessie suffer?
(a) She strained her back during a move.
(b) She fell on some ice.
(c) She wrecked her car.
(d) She twisted her ankle.

4. For what reason did Jessie marry Jack?
(a) She was lonesome.
(b) She was bored.
(c) She wanted to be married.
(d) Only she knows.

5. Who is the bookkeeper at the grain elevator?
(a) Steve Marshall.
(b) Jack Vincent.
(c) Charlie Soames.
(d) Max Harrington.

6. How did the townspeople view Jack's disappearance from town initially?
(a) They were angry.
(b) They were worried.
(c) They were shocked.
(d) They were amused.

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

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

9. What does Jack do after he makes all the credit purchases?
(a) He disappears.
(b) He makes monthly payments.
(c) He returns everything.
(d) He pays it all in full.

10. How does Jessie compare to the definition of a woman they thought Jack would marry?
(a) She is similar to Wanda Jo.
(b) She is exactly the type they thought she would be.
(c) She reminds people of his mother.
(d) She is the complete opposite.

11. Who takes over for Jack at the grain elevator while he is gone?
(a) Doyle Francis.
(b) Pat Arbuckle.
(c) Denny Strait.
(d) Ed Voiles.

12. What happens to the bookkeeper of the grain elevator when the theft is revealed?
(a) He is reprimanded.
(b) He is arrested.
(c) He is put on probation.
(d) He is fired.

13. What is Jack's main concern when talking to Pat?
(a) The death of Pat's daughter.
(b) Who is managing the grain elevator.
(c) The location of Wanda Jo.
(d) Pat's relationship with Jessie.

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

15. Where does Pat go to visit Jack?
(a) A restaurant.
(b) A church.
(c) An abandoned warehouse.
(d) Jail.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Pat and Nora's daughter?

2. What is the nickname of Jessie and Jack's son?

3. What does Jack force Jessie to do in her apartment?

4. How much money have Jack and the bookkeeper managed to steal from the grain elevator over the years?

5. Whose company does Jessie value most?

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