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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 the person wearing, who shoots Bert Poole?
(a) A state trooper uniform.
(b) A trench coat.
(c) A KKK costume.
(d) An army uniform.

2. How long does Ben tell Ochs he's been seeing a psychiatrist?
(a) Nashville.
(b) Kentucky.
(c) Six months.
(d) Vermont.

3. What is Johnboy Terrell's job?
(a) Current governor.
(b) Ex-governor.
(c) Ex-lawyer.
(d) Ex-law enforcement officer.

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

5. Where does Johnboy live?
(a) New York.
(b) Maine.
(c) Tennessee.
(d) Massachusetts.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the location of the mental hospital Ochs visits?

2. What could Ochs's feelings toward Ben do to his judgment?

3. Who does Ochs visit the day after he investigates Berryman's apartment?

4. In what town does the story take place?

5. What does Ben call the jobs performed by hit men?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Part 2, why does Ochs return to Long Island, and what information is he given?

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

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

4. Describe the profession of Ochs Jones.

5. What does Ochs ask the guard at the mental institute to do for him, and what events follow his request?

6. What facts arise that lead Ochs to believe Ben's story of Horn's murder?

7. What does the reader find out is the plot of the story after reading the Prologue?

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

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

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

(see the answer keys)

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