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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 happens to the bookkeeper of the grain elevator when the theft is revealed?
(a) He is fired.
(b) He is put on probation.
(c) He is reprimanded.
(d) He is arrested.

2. What does the grain elevator bookkeeper become in town after the news of the theft?
(a) A hero.
(b) An outcast.
(c) A pathetic man.
(d) A religious convert.

3. Who cared for Jessie's mother and siblings?
(a) Jessie's mother.
(b) A nurse.
(c) Jessie.
(d) Jessie's father.

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

5. What accident does Jessie suffer?
(a) She wrecked her car.
(b) She fell on some ice.
(c) She twisted her ankle.
(d) She strained her back during a move.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Nora's father live?

2. When does Nora return home after visiting her father?

3. Who makes the decision to not put Charlie on trial?

4. What is the nickname of Jessie and Jack's son?

5. Where is Jessie working?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Who are Jessie and Jack's children?

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

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

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

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

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

9. How does Charlie try to commit suicide?

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

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