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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 Pat and Nora's daughter?
(a) She gets married.
(b) She graduates Summa Cum Laude.
(c) She wins a beauty pageant.
(d) She is killed in a car accident.

2. What does Jack do after he makes all the credit purchases?
(a) He makes monthly payments.
(b) He pays it all in full.
(c) He disappears.
(d) He returns everything.

3. Where do Pat and Jessie decide to take the boys to avoid seeing Jack?
(a) A bed & breakfast in California.
(b) A fishing trip in the Bahamas.
(c) Nora's father's house in Denver.
(d) A trip into the mountains.

4. How old is Jessie?
(a) 29.
(b) 20.
(c) 17.
(d) 31.

5. Where does Charlie attempt suicide?
(a) His attic.
(b) His shed.
(c) His car.
(d) His basement.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jack do to his family?

2. How does Jessie react to the people in town who try to befriend her?

3. How much money have Jack and the bookkeeper managed to steal from the grain elevator over the years?

4. With whom does Pat become involved romantically?

5. What items does Jack buy on credit at Schulte's store?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Why do the townspeople feel cheated of justice, and who do they turn their wrath toward when they cannot take legal action against Charlie Soames?

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

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

7. What does Jack do that shows why he came back to Holt, and what do his actions do to Pat?

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

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

10. How do Pat and Jessie become romantically involved?

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