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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. For how long is Doyle Francis to take over at the grain elevator?
(a) As long as he wants to stay.
(b) A few months.
(c) Until Jack returns or a replacement can be found.
(d) Just a year.

2. Where does Pat have his meals after Nora leaves him?
(a) The Last Chance Bar.
(b) McDonald's.
(c) The Holt Diner.
(d) Denny's.

3. What is the nickname of Jessie and Jack's son?
(a) Tommie Boy.
(b) Tom Tom.
(c) T.J.
(d) Tomas.

4. What do most of the townspeople have in common?
(a) They have a share in the grain elevator.
(b) They are artists.
(c) They are Methodists.
(d) They are Republicans.

5. What message does Jessie publish for the townspeople to read?
(a) That a search has been scheduled to find Jack.
(b) That she is divorcing Jack.
(c) That Jack has been murdered.
(d) That she is not responsible for Jack's debts.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jack do to Pat at Jessie's apartment?

2. What job does Jessie get?

3. What does Pat realize when he visits his wife at her father's home?

4. Who cared for Jessie's mother and siblings?

5. Who is Doyle Francis?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Why are the people of Holt so angry at Charlie Soames?

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

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

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

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

10. How does Charlie try to commit suicide?

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