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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. Who is Annie?
2. During his recovery from being shot, what does Jesse decide he wants to do for a career?
3. Who ends up killing John W. Whicher?
4. Who is Dick Liddil?
5. How old is Wood when he is first introduced?
Short Essay Questions
1. What happens to the children that Annie and Zee give birth to around the same time?
2. What reason does Charley give for why he hit a man over the head during the robbery of the train on Independence Hill?
3. How does John Tabor respond to the affair between Dick and Sarah?
4. How do the people of the train that the gang robs on Independence Hill respond when Frank tells them they don't rob preachers or widows?
5. What "gift" does Jesse give Chappy Foote as he is leaving the train after robbing it?
6. What happens once Zee begins to accept the kind of life she is going to have with Jesse?
7. Why is Jesse's son known as Tim?
8. What is Ed Miller nervous about when Jesse comes to visit him at his home?
9. What does Bob tell Wood as he lay dying?
10. What is Jesse's attitude, when the novel opens, toward smoking and drinking?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss at least 3 literary devices that Hansen uses to help the reader better understand at least one character of your choosing. Use direct quotations and/or examples from the text to support your position.
Essay Topic 2
Present a well-reasoned paper arguing whether the reader is supposed to find Bob Ford a likable (dedicated, determined, trying to do the "right" thing) character OR an unlikable (manipulative, fame-hungry, back-stabbing, weak) character. Make sure to use specific examples from the text to support your thesis.
Essay Topic 3
Compare and contrast 2 characters of your choosing from the "The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford," making sure to use direct evidence and examples from the text to support your thesis.
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