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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Clarence's relationship to Wood?
(a) They have no relation.
(b) They are brothers.
(c) They are cousins.
(d) Wood is the father; Clarence is the son.

2. Who does Susan marry?
(a) Allen Palmer.
(b) Jesse.
(c) The town sherrif.
(d) Jesse's nephew.

3. Who does Jesse's mother remarry after his father dies?
(a) Dr. Zee Barton III.
(b) Dr. Samuel Reubens.
(c) Dr. Samuel Barton.
(d) Dr. Reuben Samuels.

4. What month was Jesse James born in?
(a) September.
(b) November.
(c) October.
(d) December.

5. Who initially refuses to give into Bob's insistence that he be allowed to join the James gang?
(a) Charley.
(b) Clarence.
(c) Frank.
(d) Jesse.

6. Why doesn't Dick want Bob to tell Jesse about his involvement with Jim?
(a) He is afraid Jesse will be jealous.
(b) He is afraid Jesse will want to share the profits.
(c) He is afraid Jesse will retaliate.
(d) He is afraid Jesse will call the police.

7. What happens to the twin boys Zee gives birth to?
(a) They are taken by the state.
(b) They are kidnapped.
(c) They die of crib death.
(d) They grow up to be good, law-abiding men.

8. How long are Jesse and Zee engaged before they actually marry?
(a) 6 months.
(b) 9 years.
(c) 1 year.
(d) 1 day.

9. What do some people misinterpret Zee's shyness as?
(a) Being too good for friendships.
(b) Cruelty.
(c) A problem with her ability to speak.
(d) Illness.

10. What is Jesse James's full name?
(a) Jessee Ronald James.
(b) Jesse Reginald James.
(c) Jesse William James III.
(d) Jesse Woodson James.

11. What happens during the duel between Dick and Wood?
(a) No one is killed.
(b) Both men are seriously wounded.
(c) Both men are killed.
(d) They end up laughing before they can shoot each other.

12. Who is Dick Liddil?
(a) James's friend from college.
(b) James's son.
(c) James's cousin.
(d) James's step-father.

13. How old is Charley when he is first introduced into the novel?
(a) 34.
(b) 14.
(c) 24.
(d) 44.

14. What do detectives throw into Jesse's mother's house?
(a) A brick with a threatening note stuck to it.
(b) A listening device.
(c) A Malatov cocktail.
(d) A "railroad pot."

15. What is Frank's relationship to Jesse?
(a) They are friends from college.
(b) They are cousins.
(c) They are brothers.
(d) They are friends from childhood.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Bob stop after being sent away from Jesse's home in Chapter 3?

2. What is Charley's full name?

3. Where is Jesse sent a second time after he is shot the first time?

4. According to one of Bob's stories, what do Jesse and his gang give to a kind woman who gave them a meal?

5. Where are the Hites from?

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