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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 the sheriff of Clay County keep a record of?

2. Why does Jesse ask Charley to ride with him, instead of Bob, after he arrives at Martha Bolton's house?

3. Who admits that a body found is in fact Wood Hite?

4. Who provides Bob and Charley with an attorney?

5. Who is the Sheriff who comes to Jesse's house to investigate his death?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. What does Jesse confess to Charley one night when he wakes him up?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe at least 4 features of Jesse James and how those features fulfill the traditional, literary requirements of a villain -- even though "The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford" is historical fiction.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Compare and contrast 2 female characters from "The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford" and discuss what they contribute and/or take away from the text.

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