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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. Where are Bob, Charley, and Jesse planning to go when Jesse is shot?

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

3. Who helps Jesse rob the church?

4. At Martha's place, where does Dick leave word he's gone to?

5. Where are Bob and Charley taken for questioning after Jesse's murder?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. What comparison does Jesse make -- that Bob doesn't like -- during a visit to Martha Bolton's?

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

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

10. What does Bob say in response to questioning about why his underwear has someone else's initials on them?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Analyze at least 3 different literary techniques Hansen uses to create tension 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

Analyze at least 3 literary techniques Hansen uses to make one character of your choosing from "The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford" very likable OR very unlikable to the reader.

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