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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 is Ochs Jones investigating in the story?
(a) Crimes of politicians over the past decade.
(b) Murders of politicians over the past twenty decades.
(c) The death of Bert Poole.
(d) The death of Horn.

2. Who does Ben believe is following him?
(a) A hit man.
(b) A news castor.
(c) A reporter.
(d) The southern man.

3. What causes Ben to become so scared in Part 2?
(a) He is being followed again.
(b) Berryman becomes violent towards him.
(c) He is visted by several hit men.
(d) He receives a death threat.

4. Why does Berryman contact the men who hired the Southern man?
(a) He wants to call off the hit on Horn.
(b) He wants to know who the Southern man was.
(c) He wants to request a hit on Ochs.
(d) He doesn't want to be followed.

5. What could Ochs's feelings toward Ben do to his judgment?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Damage it completely.
(c) Cloud it.
(d) Enhance it.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Ochs Jones's profession?

2. Where does Ochs Jones work?

3. Why is the Southern man murdered?

4. What reason does Ben give for keeping the fact that he's been seeing a psychiatrist away from Berryman?

5. What project is Ochs working on?

Short Essay Questions

1. When Ochs returns to Nashville after visiting Ben Toy, who does he have a meeting with, and why?

2. What news does Ochs receive while bathing in his hotel room?

3. Who is Johnboy Terrell and what is his relationship with the Southern man?

4. What is Ochs Jones investigating when the story begins, and why?

5. What does Ben Toy inform Ochs Jones about Thomas Berryman's last job when he was hired as a hit man?

6. How does empathy play a part in the relationship between Ochs and Ben?

7. When Ochs returns to Long Island, what information is he given?

8. Who works on the Bowditch ward at the William Pound Institute, and why is this person important to Ochs's investigation?

9. Why is Ochs sent to Long Island?

10. Explain the crime that Ben commits after accepting the order to kill Horn.

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