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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. What is the name of the guerilla fighter Jesse compares Bob to one night?
(a) Mary Ann Walker.
(b) George Shepherd.
(c) Justin Pinkerton.
(d) Alan Jackson.

2. Where is Craig's office located?
(a) In the courthouse.
(b) In city hall.
(c) At the train station.
(d) In the Times Building.

3. What is the name of the attorney who offers to help Bob and Charley?
(a) Major Chris Lefkowitz.
(b) Colonel John Doniphan.
(c) Jill Stern.
(d) Doctor Kay Scarpetta.

4. Where does Dick hide when Jesse arrives at Martha Bolton's house, looking for him?
(a) Beneath the bed.
(b) In the attic.
(c) In the closet.
(d) In the backyard.

5. Why is Dick's leg wound slow to heal?
(a) He keeps picking at it.
(b) He won't rest like he's supposed to.
(c) It is infected.
(d) He refuses to take any medicine.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Bob and Charley discover when they go to the sheriff's office to turn themselves in after shooting Jesse?

2. Who does Bob tell about Jesse's plans to rob the bank in Platte City?

3. How does Zee respond when Bob stops by with Charley while looking for Jesse?

4. What is Zee upset about the morning Jesse is killed?

5. How do the Samuels find out about Jesse's death?

Short Essay Questions

1. What kind of contest does Jesse create with the man at the pool hall?

2. What does Bob tell Jesse he wants to do with the gun Jesse gave him?

3. What does Elias tell Timberlake when he sees Jesse at a relative's store?

4. What happens when Bob and Charley try to turn themselves in at the sheriff's office after Bob kills Jesse?

5. Why is Timberlake suspicious that Jesse will ever show up again that Bob will indeed turn him in?

6. What happens after a little boy finds the decomposing body of Wood Hite?

7. What does Bob say in response to questioning about why his underwear has someone else's initials on them?

8. What does Zerelda Samuels yell when she sees her son's murdered body?

9. How does Charley respond to Bob's confession that he plans to kill Jesse?

10. What comparison does Jesse make -- that Bob doesn't like -- during a visit to Martha Bolton's?

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