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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 do Bob and Charley discover when they go to the sheriff's office to turn themselves in after shooting Jesse?
2. At Martha's place, where does Dick leave word he's gone to?
3. Why does Jesse give Bob a gift?
4. Where is Craig's office located?
5. What does the governor tell Bob and Charley the reward money he'd promised depended on?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Zerelda freak out about when Jesse and Charley are sharing Christmas dinner with her?
2. What happens when Bob and Charley try to turn themselves in at the sheriff's office after Bob kills Jesse?
3. What does Elias tell Timberlake when he sees Jesse at a relative's store?
4. What telegraph does Bob send to Timberlake while staying with Jesse?
5. How does Charley respond to Bob's confession that he plans to kill Jesse?
6. How does Bob react when he hears the lyrics to the song "The Ballade of Jesse James"?
7. What happens with lawyers for Zee after Jesse is murdered?
8. What happens after a little boy finds the decomposing body of Wood Hite?
9. What do Jesse and Charley do with the toys and Santa suit they steal from the church?
10. What kind of hypothetical question does Dick pose to Sheriff Timberlake when he and Bob run into him?
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
Discuss how Hansen portrays authority figures in "The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford," making sure to use at least 3 specific examples from the text to support your thesis.
Essay Topic 3
Discuss at least 3 reasons why "The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford" could be classified in a genre other than historical fiction, making sure to use specific examples from the text to support your position.
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