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Quiz about The Assassination of Jesse James

The Assassination of Jesse James Quiz

This quiz is based on the movie "The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford".

A multiple-choice quiz by supermanbhc. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
supermanbhc

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
317,507

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
6 / 10

Plays
240

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Question 1 of 10

1. What does Jesse call Robert Ford in the beginning of the movie before the train robbery? Hint

Bobby

Dingus

Cat's Paw

Stove Pipe

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Question 2 of 10

2. What question does Jesse ask Bob Ford when he is taking a bath and notices that Bob is standing in the doorway watching him? Hint

"Ain't you seen a man wash his dirty carcass before?"

"Have you ever seen me without my guns before?"

"Could you slip up on a cats paw?"

"Do you want to be like me or do you want to be me?"

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Question 3 of 10

3. What are Jesse's last words before Robert Ford shoots him in the back of the head? Hint

"I'll turn around so you don't have to look at me."

"Nobody has the guts to shoot me."

"I best take my guns off for fear the neighbors might spot them."

"Don't that picture look dusty?"

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Question 4 of 10

4. Who is the man who shows up at the very end of the movie "with no grand scheme, just a longing for glory" and kills Robert Ford? Hint

Charlie Ford

It's still a mystery

Frank James

Edward O'Kelley

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Question 5 of 10

5. Who is the first person in the movie that Robert Ford kills? Hint

Dick Liddell

Jesse James

Wood Hite

The railroad conductor

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Question 6 of 10

6. How does Charlie Ford die? Hint

Suicide

Tuberculosis

Consumption

shot dead in the street

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Question 7 of 10

7. What does the tavern patron tell Bob Ford is unlucky to wear? Hint

An opal stickpin

The gun he killed Jesse with

A ring Jesse had bought him

A hat indoors

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Question 8 of 10

8. When Bob is drinking in the bar, there is a man singing the folk song "Jesse James". How does Bob correct the man's lyrics? Hint

"It was on a Friday, not Sunday."

"It was two children, not three."

"He never stole from the rich and gave to the poor."

"I'm no coward."

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Question 9 of 10

9. What is Jesse's nickname? His brother Frank calls him this at the beginning of the movie. Hint

Dingus

Archie

Bloody Bill

Woody

10. At the beginning of the movie before the blue cut train robbery, we find Ed Miller (one of Jesse's partners in the robbery) talking to Wood Hite, Charlie Ford and Dick Liddell. What type girl does Ed Miller say he'd been with once? Hint

An Indian

A cousin

Someone's wife

A prostitute

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. What does Jesse call Robert Ford in the beginning of the movie before the train robbery?

Answer: Stove Pipe

He calls him "Stove Pipe" because of the hat he had on. It's the first time Bob Ford shows up in the movie and Jesse doesn't know his name yet.

2. What question does Jesse ask Bob Ford when he is taking a bath and notices that Bob is standing in the doorway watching him?

Answer: "Do you want to be like me or do you want to be me?"

Robert Ford worships Jesse as his idol. He follows the man everywhere and emulates his every move. Jesse is having a hard time figuring the boy out.

3. What are Jesse's last words before Robert Ford shoots him in the back of the head?

Answer: "Don't that picture look dusty?"

After taking off his guns for fear the neighbors might spot them, he turns toward a picture on the wall and utters these last words. He then stands on a chair and is about to use a feather duster on the picture when Robert Ford shoots him.

4. Who is the man who shows up at the very end of the movie "with no grand scheme, just a longing for glory" and kills Robert Ford?

Answer: Edward O'Kelley

Edward O'Kelley shoots Robert Ford in the neck with a shotgun. The narrator says, "The light going out of his eyes before he could find the right words."

5. Who is the first person in the movie that Robert Ford kills?

Answer: Wood Hite

Wood Hite and Dick Liddell have a shoot out because Dick made out with Wood's stepmother. Just before Wood is about to shoot Dick in the head, Bob shoots him in the back of the head. Wood Hite was Jesse's cousin.

6. How does Charlie Ford die?

Answer: Suicide

Charlie Ford shoots himself in the chest on May 6, 1884. He was suffering from depression and was also terminally ill with tuberculosis. The narrator says, "Charlie Ford became all that the people wanted of an assassin of Jesse James."

7. What does the tavern patron tell Bob Ford is unlucky to wear?

Answer: An opal stickpin

The tavern patron says, "I see you wearing that stickpin again there Bob. Opals are unlucky." Bob replies, "It's not very good as it is there Marty. I don't think an opal is gonna change anything." Moments later, Edward O'Kelley enters the tavern and kills Bob Ford.

8. When Bob is drinking in the bar, there is a man singing the folk song "Jesse James". How does Bob correct the man's lyrics?

Answer: "It was two children, not three."

The man sings, "Jesse had a wife to mourn for his life, three children, now they were brave." Bob tells him, "It was two children, not three." There are several mistakes in the song.

9. What is Jesse's nickname? His brother Frank calls him this at the beginning of the movie.

Answer: Dingus

Frank tells him, "Your boys got an acre of wood to haul. You better gouge em' down there, Dingus." It was a nickname Jesse earned during the Civil War when he accidently shot one of his fingers off while cleaning his pistol.

Answer: A prostitute

He says he was with a girl who was afraid of lightning during a thunderstorm. She crawled under a wagon with him and gave him a real good price too.

Source: Author supermanbhc

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