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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the address of Jesse's new home in Chapter 3?
(a) 101 Main Street.
(b) 1500 Main Street.
(c) 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.
(d) 1017 Troost Avenue.

2. Who dies as a result of the attack on Jesse's mother's house?
(a) His brother.
(b) Jesse's mother.
(c) No one.
(d) Their beloved pet dog.

3. Who finds John's body?
(a) Dick and Wood.
(b) No one; it is never found.
(c) Sarah and Wood.
(d) Dick and Sarah.

4. Who is John Tabor?
(a) Dick's servant.
(b) Sarah's servant.
(c) Jesse's servant.
(d) Wood's servant.

5. As he is about to rob the train on Independence Hill, who does Jesse introduce himself to?
(a) The mayor.
(b) No one; he refuses to talk during robberies.
(c) The engineer.
(d) Bob.

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

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

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

9. Where are the Hites from?
(a) Kentucky.
(b) Mississippi.
(c) Louisiana.
(d) Georgia.

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

11. What is Wood's relationship to Jesse?
(a) They are cousins.
(b) They were cell mates in jail and now are friends.
(c) They are brothers.
(d) They are sworn enemies.

12. Who is Chappy Foote?
(a) Zee's secret lover.
(b) The name Bob gives to his gun.
(c) Jesse's youngest cousin.
(d) The engineer of a train the James Gang robs.

13. Why do detectives attack Jesse's mother's house?
(a) They think she is the one in charge of the gang, not Jesse.
(b) They think Jesse has stashed money there.
(c) They think she has information on where Jesse is hiding.
(d) They think Jesse is hiding inside.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Zee named after?

2. Where is Jesse James's home located when the novel opens?

3. Who is Ida?

4. Where is Jesse sent after he is shot during his younger years?

5. When did Jesse's father die?

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