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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 does Bob tell Craig he'd like to turn in first?
(a) Charley.
(b) Jesse.
(c) Dick.
(d) Frank.

2. What prompts Bob to go to Kansas City and meet with Henry Craig another time?
(a) The guilt he has over the crimes he committed.
(b) Nothing; it happens by coincidence.
(c) Jesse's threatening emails.
(d) An article in the newspaper.

3. What does Jesse give Bob as a gift?
(a) New clothes.
(b) A new horse.
(c) A gun.
(d) A very fancy hat.

4. Why does Charley think that Jesse might be interested in buying a farm or ranch?
(a) Because he is tired of living as a criminal.
(b) Because Zee has been begging for one forever.
(c) Because he writes poetry about owning a farm.
(d) Because he spends a lot of time assessing land.

5. Who is Jesse posing as when he moves with his family to "The House on the Hill"?
(a) Thomas Howard.
(b) Jesse Simpson.
(c) Howard Thomas.
(d) Jack Jameson.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Sheriff Timberlake tell Bob and Dick he is really interested in?

2. What reason does Bob give to Jesse about why he was in Kansas City?

3. Where do Jesse and Charley spend the night after leaving Martha Bolton's house together?

4. How does Jesse know that Bob has been in Kansas City?

5. What does Bob confess to Charley?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens with lawyers for Zee after Jesse is murdered?

2. What happens when several men arrive on horseback at the courthouse where Bob and Charley are being held?

3. What is discovered about Jesse's body during the autopsy?

4. How does Bob react when he hears the lyrics to the song "The Ballade of Jesse James"?

5. What arrangement do Bob and Timberlake make around a ten-day period?

6. What do Jesse and Charley do with the toys and Santa suit they steal from the church?

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

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

9. What makes the sheriff finally believe that Jesse James has really been shot?

10. What kind of hypothetical question does Dick pose to Sheriff Timberlake when he and Bob run into him?

(see the answer keys)

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