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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What expensive item does Jack buy on credit at a jewelry store in December of 1976?
(a) Watch.
(b) Pearl necklace.
(c) Anniversary ring.
(d) Diamond earrings.

2. On what day of the week does Jessie work?
(a) Friday.
(b) Tuesday.
(c) Saturday.
(d) Sunday.

3. How much money have Jack and the bookkeeper managed to steal from the grain elevator over the years?
(a) $150,000.
(b) $75,000.
(c) $30,000.
(d) $10,000.

4. What is the nickname of Jessie and Jack's second son?
(a) Bobster.
(b) Roberto.
(c) Robin Egg.
(d) Bobby.

5. What is the general feeling in town regarding the grain elevator theft?
(a) Acceptance.
(b) Anger.
(c) Complacence.
(d) Angst.

6. What does Jack order Pat to do?
(a) Move to Denver.
(b) Give him a job.
(c) Stay away from Jessie.
(d) Post his bail.

7. How does Jessie react to the people in town who try to befriend her?
(a) She embraces all of them.
(b) She chooses a few friends.
(c) She rebuffs them.
(d) She is tentative toward them.

8. Where does Nora's father live?
(a) Denver.
(b) Butte.
(c) Boulder.
(d) San Francisco.

9. Who is Doyle Francis?
(a) The mayor of Holt.
(b) A traveling salesman.
(c) The former manager of the grain elevator.
(d) A high school principal.

10. Who is the bookkeeper at the grain elevator?
(a) Steve Marshall.
(b) Jack Vincent.
(c) Charlie Soames.
(d) Max Harrington.

11. Whose company does Jessie value most?
(a) Her own.
(b) Wanda Jo's.
(c) Nora's.
(d) Jack's.

12. Where does the sheriff take Jack when he releases him from jail?
(a) To the grain elevator.
(b) To the minister's parsonage.
(c) Out past the city limits.
(d) To his house.

13. How do the townspeople feel when Charlie does not stand trial?
(a) They understand his situation.
(b) They feel cheated out of justice.
(c) They don't pay much attention to the situation.
(d) They are complacent about it.

14. What happens to the bookkeeper of the grain elevator when the theft is revealed?
(a) He is reprimanded.
(b) He is put on probation.
(c) He is fired.
(d) He is arrested.

15. Where is Jessie working?
(a) Target.
(b) Starbucks.
(c) The Last Chance Bar.
(d) The Holt Diner.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do so many people congregate upon Jack's return?

2. How can Jessie best be characterized?

3. What does Jack do to his family?

4. What is Jack's main concern when talking to Pat?

5. Where does almost everyone in town go to see Jack's new wife?

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