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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. On what day does Jesse tell Bob that he knows he has been in Kansas City?

2. Where is Craig's office located?

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

4. After talking in town, whom does Sheriff Timberlake refer Bob and Dick to?

5. Who believes that the government supported Bob's actions toward Jesse?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What happens when Bob and Charley try to turn themselves in at the sheriff's office after Bob kills Jesse?

4. Why is Timberlake suspicious that Jesse will ever show up again that Bob will indeed turn him in?

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

6. What arrangement do Bob and Timberlake make around a ten-day period?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

Essay Topic 2

In a well-written essay, discuss what function Jesse James's mother serves in the novel.

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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