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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. How many newspapers does Jesse James subscribe to?
(a) Exactly one dozen.
(b) Several.
(c) None.
(d) 13.

4. On what hand is Jesse missing a piece of his finger?
(a) His left hand.
(b) This is a trick question: both hands.
(c) This is a trick question: neither hand.
(d) His right hand.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Dick tell Bob about his involvement with another man named Jim Cummins?

2. What do Jesse and Frank do to the bank man who came to collect money from a kind woman who fed them once while on the road?

3. Who kills Ed Cummins?

4. What is Wood's relationship to Jesse?

5. Who is Ida?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Bob report he and Jesse talked about as the two men are getting to know each other?

2. What happens once Zee begins to accept the kind of life she is going to have with Jesse?

3. What "gift" does Jesse give Chappy Foote as he is leaving the train after robbing it?

4. Why do other gang members tease Bob when they are all sent away -- except for him -- at the beginning of Chapter 3?

5. How does Jesse respond to the news that his sister is set to marry Allen Parmer?

6. What does Frank declare about the gang after they rob the train on Independence Hill?

7. How is Charley described when he is first introduced into the novel?

8. What happens to the Younger gang after the robbery of the First National Bank of Northfield?

9. What is Jesse's attitude, when the novel opens, toward smoking and drinking?

10. What reason does Charley give for why he hit a man over the head during the robbery of the train on Independence Hill?

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