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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Pat go to visit Jack?
(a) A restaurant.
(b) Jail.
(c) An abandoned warehouse.
(d) A church.

2. What is Jack's main concern when talking to Pat?
(a) Who is managing the grain elevator.
(b) The death of Pat's daughter.
(c) The location of Wanda Jo.
(d) Pat's relationship with Jessie.

3. What is the name of the town's newspaper?
(a) The Holt Mercury.
(b) The Holt Gazette.
(c) The Holt Journal.
(d) The Holt Dispatch.

4. Why does the sheriff call Pat?
(a) To tell him that Jessie is in the hospital.
(b) To tell him that the golf outing has been cancelled.
(c) To tell him that Nora was in a car accident.
(d) To tell him that Jack is back in town.

5. Where do Pat and Jessie decide to take the boys to avoid seeing Jack?
(a) Nora's father's house in Denver.
(b) A fishing trip in the Bahamas.
(c) A bed & breakfast in California.
(d) A trip into the mountains.

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

7. How can Jessie best be characterized?
(a) Boisterous.
(b) Outgoing.
(c) Unobtrusive.
(d) Arrogant.

8. What is notable about Jessie's mother?
(a) She is obese.
(b) She is a paraplegic.
(c) She is disabled.
(d) She is deaf.

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

10. What items does Jack buy on credit at Schulte's store?
(a) Underwear and socks.
(b) An overcoat.
(c) Ties.
(d) A couple of belts.

11. When does Nora return home after visiting her father?
(a) She returns in a month.
(b) She returns in two weeks.
(c) She doesn't come home.
(d) She returns in six months.

12. How old is Jessie?
(a) 17.
(b) 29.
(c) 20.
(d) 31.

13. Who is Pat and Nora's daughter?
(a) Tonya.
(b) Toni.
(c) Tobie.
(d) Tawni.

14. With whom does Pat become involved romantically?
(a) Becky.
(b) Wanda Jo.
(c) Celine.
(d) Jessie.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who breaks into Jessie's apartment in the middle of the night?

2. What does Jack do after he makes all the credit purchases?

3. What expensive item does Jack buy on credit at a jewelry store in December of 1976?

4. Which pet in the Burdette household is killed?

5. What does the grain elevator bookkeeper become in town after the news of the theft?

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