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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 the sheriff do when he learns that Jack has kidnapped his family?
(a) Tries to forget about him.
(b) Tries to follow his trail.
(c) Issues arrest warrants.
(d) Informs the FBI.

2. On what day of the week does Jessie work?
(a) Saturday.
(b) Sunday.
(c) Tuesday.
(d) Friday.

3. Why do so many people congregate upon Jack's return?
(a) They want to talk about grain prices.
(b) They want to talk about the drought.
(c) They want to ask Jack to run for mayor.
(d) They want to see the kind of woman Jack would marry.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Nora go to visit her father for awhile?

2. What is the result of Charlie's failed suicide attempt?

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

4. Who is the bookkeeper at the grain elevator?

5. What expensive item does Jack buy on credit at a jewelry store in December of 1976?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Who are Jessie and Jack's children?

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

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

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

8. What happens when Charlie's suicide attempt fails?

9. What personal tragedy does Pat suffer in the Summer of 1982?

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

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