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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What items does Jack buy on credit at the Men's Store?

2. How long had Jack been gone from Holt?

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

4. How old is Jessie?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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?

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

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

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

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

7. How does Charlie try to commit suicide?

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

9. Who are Jessie and Jack's children?

10. How do Pat and Jessie become romantically involved?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Do a brief character sketch of Pat Arbuckle including positive and negative characteristics. What are his physical characteristics? What are his hopes and dreams? What is important to him at this point in time?

Essay Topic 2

Describe grain elevator. What is its role in the community? Is it typical of businesses in small towns in rural America?

Essay Topic 3

Compare and contrast Jack Burdette and Pat Arbuckle. As young men, both are trying to carve out new lives but seem to have different methods and goals. How are Jack and Pat alike? How are they different? On what things do they agree? What is the thing that threatens to separate them? What other similarities and dissimilarities are there between the two characters?

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