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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. How is Jack able to force Jessie and the boys into the car?
(a) He promises them a better life.
(b) He says they are going on vacation.
(c) He threatens them at gunpoint.
(d) He apologizes for hurting them.

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

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

4. Toward whom will the townspeople direct their anger?
(a) Artie.
(b) Jessie.
(c) Pat.
(d) Hoyt.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the general feeling in town regarding the grain elevator theft?

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

3. To whom does Jessie sign over the deed to her house?

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

5. How can Jessie best be characterized?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Jack warn Pat about when Pat visits him in jail?

2. Why do the townspeople feel cheated of justice, and who do they turn their wrath toward when they cannot take legal action against Charlie Soames?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. What does Doyle Francis discover when he returns to manage the grain elevator in Jack's absence?

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