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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 Pat realize when he visits his wife at her father's home?
(a) He needs a vacation.
(b) His marriage is over.
(c) He wants to take a leave of absence.
(d) He wants to move to Denver.

2. Who do the townspeople yell at on the street?
(a) Charlie.
(b) Wanda Jo.
(c) Ed.
(d) Jessie.

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

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

5. Where does Nora's father live?
(a) Boulder.
(b) San Francisco.
(c) Denver.
(d) Butte.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Charlie attempt suicide?

2. Where does Pat go to visit Jack?

3. Which pet in the Burdette household is killed?

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

5. What does Jack do after he makes all the credit purchases?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why are the people in Holt so angry at Charlie Soames?

4. How do Pat and Jessie become romantically involved?

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

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

7. Why do so many people in town turn up at the diner when Jack returns to town?

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

9. How does Charlie try to commit suicide?

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

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