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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. What does Bob say about Jesse's murder while being questioned by the police?

2. What does the governor hint at during new interviews shortly before Jesse is killed?

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

4. What is Zee doing when Jesse notices that Bob's underwear has unusual initials on them?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Dick hid from Jesse when he stops by Martha Bolton's for a visit?

2. What telegraph does Bob send to Timberlake while staying with Jesse?

3. Why does Sheriff TImberlake refer Bob and Dick to Henry Craig?

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

5. Why does Jesse like "The House on the Hill" so much?

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Choose one female character in the novel and describe at least 3 things that Hansen is able to do with her character because she is a woman AND at least 3 things he is not able to do with her because she is a woman.

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

Write a well-reasoned argument discussing whether or not Bob Ford is a good role model for young readers.

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