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

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

3. How do the townspeople feel when Charlie does not stand trial?
(a) They are complacent about it.
(b) They don't pay much attention to the situation.
(c) They feel cheated out of justice.
(d) They understand his situation.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What do Pat and Jessie do on Sundays?

3. How many younger siblings does Jessie have?

4. Why does the prosecutor tell the sheriff that he cannot hold Jack in jail?

5. What do most of the townspeople have in common?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What happens to Pat's marriage to Nora after the death of their daughter?

3. What happens when Charlie's suicide attempt fails?

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

5. What are some of the things Pat does to ingratiate himself with Jessie and her sons?

6. What happens to finally make the townspeople leave Jessie alone?

7. Who are Jessie and Jack's children?

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

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

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

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