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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 does Jessie react to the people in town who try to befriend her?
(a) She chooses a few friends.
(b) She is tentative toward them.
(c) She rebuffs them.
(d) She embraces all of them.

2. What is notable about Jessie's mother?
(a) She is disabled.
(b) She is deaf.
(c) She is obese.
(d) She is a paraplegic.

3. What does Jack do to Pat at Jessie's apartment?
(a) Shoots him.
(b) Ties him up.
(c) Hits him with a fireplace poker.
(d) Stabs him.

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

5. How much money have Jack and the bookkeeper managed to steal from the grain elevator over the years?
(a) $75,000.
(b) $10,000.
(c) $150,000.
(d) $30,000.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. With whom does Pat become involved romantically?

3. Who breaks into Jessie's apartment in the middle of the night?

4. How old is Pat and Nora's daughter in 1982?

5. To whom do the townspeople direct their anger when Charlie Soames is no longer a viable target?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How does Charlie try to commit suicide?

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

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

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

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

9. How do Pat and Jessie become romantically involved?

10. Who are Jessie and Jack's children?

(see the answer keys)

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