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

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

4. What does Pat realize when he visits his wife at her father's home?
(a) He wants to take a leave of absence.
(b) He needs a vacation.
(c) He wants to move to Denver.
(d) His marriage is over.

5. Why does Nora go to visit her father for awhile?
(a) To care for him after his surgery.
(b) To help him move.
(c) To just spend time with him.
(d) To help him write a book.

6. What is the name of Jessie and Jack's second son?
(a) Raymond.
(b) Ralph.
(c) Richard.
(d) Robert.

7. How often is Jessie seen in public with Jack?
(a) Rarely.
(b) Never.
(c) Occasionally.
(d) All the time.

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

9. To whom does Jessie sign over the deed to her house?
(a) Her children.
(b) Her brother.
(c) The Methodist church.
(d) The grain elevator.

10. What accident does Jessie suffer?
(a) She fell on some ice.
(b) She strained her back during a move.
(c) She twisted her ankle.
(d) She wrecked her car.

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

12. How many younger siblings does Jessie have?
(a) 3.
(b) 2.
(c) 6.
(d) 4.

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

14. What does the sheriff do when he learns that Jack has kidnapped his family?
(a) Tries to forget about him.
(b) Issues arrest warrants.
(c) Informs the FBI.
(d) Tries to follow his trail.

15. 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 are complacent about it.
(d) They don't pay much attention to the situation.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Jessie working?

2. What is Pat doing with Jessie and the boys one night when he receives a call from the sheriff?

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

4. Who is Doyle Francis?

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

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