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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. Why do the townspeople center their anger about the theft on the bookkeeper?
(a) Jack has run away from town.
(b) He is also a minister and should know better than to steal.
(c) He is the one who had the idea to steal.
(d) He has a history of theft.

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

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

4. Why do so many people congregate upon Jack's return?
(a) They want to talk about the drought.
(b) They want to see the kind of woman Jack would marry.
(c) They want to ask Jack to run for mayor.
(d) They want to talk about grain prices.

5. How long had Jack been gone from Holt?
(a) 5 years.
(b) 4 months.
(c) 10 weeks.
(d) 8 years.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the nickname of Jessie and Jack's son?

2. Who do the townspeople yell at on the street?

3. Which pet in the Burdette household is killed?

4. What is NOT Jack's demeanor when the head of the grain elevator's board visits him in jail?

5. How does Jessie react to the people in town who try to befriend her?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Jessie like, and what do the townspeople think of her?

2. What does Jack do that shows why he came back to Holt, and what do his actions do to Pat?

3. Why does Jack's crime make the people of Holt dislike Jessie even more?

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

5. How does Jessie interact with the people in town?

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

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

8. Why are Pat and Jessie perfect candidates for a romantic relationship with each other?

9. Does Jack show any remorse when visited by the head of the grain elevator board?

10. Why is the sheriff unable to keep Jack locked up?

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