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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Jack do after he makes all the credit purchases?
(a) He pays it all in full.
(b) He makes monthly payments.
(c) He returns everything.
(d) He disappears.

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

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

4. What is Pat doing with Jessie and the boys one night when he receives a call from the sheriff?
(a) Watching a movie at home.
(b) Getting ready for work.
(c) Eating dinner at a restaurant.
(d) Taking a nap.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Pat have his meals after Nora leaves him?

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

3. How does Jessie compare to the definition of a woman they thought Jack would marry?

4. What does Jack order Pat to do?

5. What do Pat and Jessie do on Sundays?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do Pat and Jessie become romantically involved?

2. What is revealed about Jack that infuriates the people in Holt?

3. How does Jessie find out that Jack has returned to town?

4. How does Charlie try to commit suicide?

5. What is the only thing Jessie can think to do in order to repay the townspeople for Jack's crime?

6. What purchases does Jack make prior to leaving town for good?

7. What job does Jessie take even though she is in the late stages of pregnancy?

8. After Jack has been gone for awhile, what shocking and public action does Jessie take?

9. Who becomes the target of the townspeople's wrath when they cannot get any justice through Charlie Soames?

10. What personal tragedy does Pat suffer in the Summer of 1982?

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