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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 Sarah know when Jack goes back to the fort?

2. Where does Sarah get some clothes for Jack Elliot?

3. What is wrong with Jack when he returns from his last campaign?

4. How does Sarah describe Lockwood's wife?

5. What is Jack's father's nickname?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens while Jack is away tracking some train robbers?

2. What do Sarah and Mason do the first night he stays in the house with her?

3. What secret about himself does Jack tell Sarah on their wedding night?

4. Why do Sarah and Jack leave town when the fireworks start?

5. What does Sarah say she sees after losing her daughter?

6. Who helps Sarah with her daily tasks while she is at the fort?

7. What does Sarah tell Jack when he returns from the fort?

8. Why does Jack say he helped Sarah around her house so much just before the 4th of July?

9. What does Sarah hate most about her first home at the fort?

10. How did Jack's mother die?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What happened when Father died, and what significance did this have on the plot? Who was involved in tragedy there, and what did this monumental event symbolize?

Essay Topic 2

What are some of the ways Jack saved Sarah from dangerous situations, and how did this affect their relationship?

Essay Topic 3

Sarah was married twice in her life, and both husbands died while working. Please compare and contrast these two marriages, and how these two deaths affected Sarah.

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