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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What year was Jesse James born in?
(a) 1857.
(b) 1867.
(c) 1847.
(d) 1837.

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

5. What is Bob's full name?
(a) Robert Ford.
(b) Robert James Wood.
(c) Robert Woodrow Jesse James.
(d) Robert James.

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

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

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

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

10. Where is Jesse James's home located when the novel opens?
(a) Oak Avenue.
(b) Birchwood Boulevard.
(c) Woodland Avenue.
(d) Wood Street.

11. Who joins the Pinkerton Detectives in an effort to quell some of the robberies Jesse and his gang are committing?
(a) Union Soliders.
(b) Confederate Soliders.
(c) The FBI.
(d) The Secret Service.

12. Why does Jesse keep Bob around even though he sends the rest of the gang away in Chapter 3?
(a) He wants help moving.
(b) He just wants to hang out more.
(c) He wants to keep an eye on him.
(d) He thinks he is a spy.

13. What does Dick tell Bob about his involvement with another man named Jim Cummins?
(a) That he knows he is an undercover detective.
(b) That he is planning to kill him.
(c) That they are secret lovers.
(d) That he is in "cahoots" with him.

14. How does Wood react to learning about Dick and Sarah's affair?
(a) He is angry.
(b) He is jealous.
(c) He calls the police right away.
(d) He doesn't really care.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is Clarence's relationship to Wood?

3. What is Zee's full name?

4. Who is Zee named after?

5. How does Jesse respond to Bob's idea that he be next to him when they rob the train on Independence Hill?

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