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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When does Jesse tell the gang that they'll divide the spoils of the robbery of the train on Independence Hill?
(a) In exactly one month.
(b) In one week.
(c) As soon as the train departs.
(d) Later.

2. Why does Wood's father remarry?
(a) He has to marry to keep his identity secret.
(b) His first wife dies.
(c) He has to marry to stay out of jail.
(d) He likes women too much to stay single.

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

4. What is Charley's full name?
(a) Charles Wilson Ford.
(b) Charles Woody.
(c) Charles James.
(d) Charles Woodrow Wilson.

5. What newspaper does Jesse show Zee that causes her to become angry with him and with what he does for a living?
(a) The Los Angeles Times.
(b) The Kansas City Times.
(c) The Dallas Star.
(d) The New York Times.

6. What is Martha's marital status in the novel?
(a) She is engaged.
(b) She is married.
(c) She is divorced.
(d) She is widowed.

7. What is Wood's full name?
(a) Woody Acolute James.
(b) Woodster Acolute James Jackson.
(c) Robert Woodson Hite.
(d) Samuel Wood James.

8. Who kills Ed Cummins?
(a) Jesse.
(b) Sarah.
(c) Dick.
(d) Wood.

9. Where do Dick and Sarah first have their affair?
(a) In her bedroom.
(b) In a hotel.
(c) In an outhouse.
(d) In the church.

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

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

12. Where is John's body found?
(a) In the forest.
(b) In a pig sty.
(c) On the street.
(d) In the town square.

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

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

15. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens during the duel between Dick and Wood?

2. How old is Charley when he is first introduced into the novel?

3. Why do detectives attack Jesse's mother's house?

4. As he is about to rob the train on Independence Hill, who does Jesse introduce himself to?

5. Who shoots Jesse as the Civil War is ending?

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