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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. How do the townspeople feel when Charlie does not stand trial?
(a) They feel cheated out of justice.
(b) They don't pay much attention to the situation.
(c) They understand his situation.
(d) They are complacent about it.

2. To whom does Jessie sign over the deed to her house?
(a) The Methodist church.
(b) Her children.
(c) Her brother.
(d) The grain elevator.

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

4. Where is Jessie working?
(a) The Holt Diner.
(b) Starbucks.
(c) Target.
(d) The Last Chance Bar.

5. What is Nora's demeanor when Pat visits her at her father's house?
(a) Irritable.
(b) Anxious.
(c) Content.
(d) Agitated.

Short Answer Questions

1. What makes Jessie's job difficult for her?

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

3. What happens to Pat and Nora's daughter?

4. What is the general feeling in town regarding the grain elevator theft?

5. Who is the bookkeeper at the grain elevator?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do Pat and Jessie become romantically involved?

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

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

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

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

6. 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?

7. Who are Jessie and Jack's children?

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

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

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

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