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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. Which of the following do Pat, Jessie and her boys NOT do on an excursion to Denver?
(a) Go to a waterpark.
(b) Visit a children's museum.
(c) Eat at a family restaurant.
(d) Play cowboys.

2. What is the result of Charlie's failed suicide attempt?
(a) He is crippled.
(b) He is brain damaged.
(c) He has a stroke.
(d) He is a paraplegic.

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

4. Who is Doyle Francis?
(a) The former manager of the grain elevator.
(b) A traveling salesman.
(c) The mayor of Holt.
(d) A high school principal.

5. How did the townspeople view Jack's disappearance from town initially?
(a) They were amused.
(b) They were angry.
(c) They were worried.
(d) They were shocked.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does almost everyone in town go to see Jack's new wife?

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

3. What is Pat doing with Jessie and the boys one night when he receives a call from the sheriff?

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

5. How can Jack best be characterized at the end of the story?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. What does Jack warn Pat about when Pat visits him in jail?

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

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