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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. Where do most of the gang members sleep at Jesse's home after they rob the train on Independence Hill?
(a) In the barn.
(b) On couches downstairs.
(c) In the basement.
(d) In the children's rooms.

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

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

7. Who is Annie?
(a) Frank's secret girlfriend who sometimes comes along on robberies.
(b) Frank's wife.
(c) Frank's sister.
(d) Frank's mother.

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

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

10. What does Jesse offer to do before departing the train he robs on Independence Hill?
(a) Buy everyone a drink.
(b) Shoot himself.
(c) Take anyone with him who wants to join his gang.
(d) Clear the tracks.

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

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

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

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

15. When did Jesse's father die?
(a) When he was very old.
(b) No one knows because he left before Jesse was born.
(c) Before he was even born.
(d) When he was young.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is John W. Whicher?

2. What is the address of Jesse's new home in Chapter 3?

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

4. Who is Chappy Foote?

5. What does the doctor decide after Jesse is shot during his younger years?

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