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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Pat and Jessie do on Sundays?
(a) Go to church.
(b) Go to a matinee.
(c) Go to baseball games.
(d) Go on outings with her boys.

2. What is Jessie's father's profession?
(a) Salesman.
(b) Electrician.
(c) Mechanic.
(d) Professor.

3. What is the result of Charlie's failed suicide attempt?
(a) He is brain damaged.
(b) He is a paraplegic.
(c) He is crippled.
(d) He has a stroke.

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

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

6. Who takes over for Jack at the grain elevator while he is gone?
(a) Doyle Francis.
(b) Pat Arbuckle.
(c) Ed Voiles.
(d) Denny Strait.

7. What makes the townspeople stop taking out their anger on Jessie?
(a) She and her boys move out of town.
(b) She is able to pay back the money Jack stole.
(c) She loses her baby.
(d) They are tired of being angry.

8. What does Jack refuse to talk to Pat about?
(a) The embezzlement.
(b) Jessie.
(c) His health.
(d) His boys.

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

10. Who breaks into Jessie's apartment in the middle of the night?
(a) Artie.
(b) Pat.
(c) Ed.
(d) Jack.

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

12. How can Jack best be characterized at the end of the story?
(a) Remorseful.
(b) Philanthropic.
(c) Witty.
(d) Ruthless.

13. For how long is Doyle Francis to take over at the grain elevator?
(a) Just a year.
(b) As long as he wants to stay.
(c) Until Jack returns or a replacement can be found.
(d) A few months.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is notable about Jessie's third birth?

2. What is the purpose of Jessie's visit to the Hold Mercury office in January of 1977?

3. What is Nora's demeanor when Pat visits her at her father's house?

4. Who cared for Jessie's mother and siblings?

5. How is Jack able to force Jessie and the boys into the car?

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