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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. On what hand is Jesse missing a piece of his finger?

2. Who is Susan?

3. Who dies as a result of the attack on Jesse's mother's house?

4. Where do Dick and Sarah first have their affair?

5. What do some people misinterpret Zee's shyness as?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when the detectives throw a bomb into Jesse's mother's house, thinking he is hiding there?

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

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

4. How is Wood described when he is first introduced into the novel?

5. What does Jesse offer to do before leaving Chappy Foote's train after robbing it -- and how does Chappy respond to the offer?

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

7. Who do Union soldiers try to beat information out of during the Civil War?

8. Why is Jesse's son known as Tim?

9. What does Bob tell Wood as he lay dying?

10. What does Dick tell Sarah to do when they find John's body in the pig sty?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In a well-written essay, discuss what function Jesse James's mother serves in the novel.

Essay Topic 2

Identify what you think is the tone for "The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford" and discuss 3 literary devices that Hansen uses to create this tone.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss at least 3 ways that the violence and/or robbery scenes in "The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford" are gratuitously violent and why such violence takes away from the plot and/or rest of the text.

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