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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Posner say numerous conviction-less investigations brought Jim Garrison?
(a) Shame.
(b) A lot of money.
(c) A lot of publicity.
(d) Enemies.

2. What does Posner say Jim Garrison concluded on Carlos Marcello before taking on the investigation on Kennedy's assassination?
(a) He was not American.
(b) He was a small mafia middle man.
(c) He was a mafia boss.
(d) He was an honest businessman.

3. Who was with Kennedy most of the time in the hospital room?
(a) Lyndon Johnson.
(b) His son.
(c) His brother.
(d) His wife, Jackie.

4. Who witnessed the killing of Officer J.D. Tippit by Oswald?
(a) Officer Brady.
(b) Mrs. Tippit.
(c) Helen Markham.
(d) Mark Solenberg.

5. What was the first priority of the interrogators talking to Oswald?
(a) See if he was hired by the Soviets.
(b) Find how he was able to shoot so accurately.
(c) Get a confession.
(d) Finding if he had accomplices.

6. What did Kennedy's electrocardiogram show according to the testimonies of the doctors and nurses at the hospital?
(a) A dying heart rhythm.
(b) A stressed heart.
(c) A healthy heart.
(d) A flat line.

7. Why was the Zapruder film used according to Chapter 14?
(a) See who fired the shot.
(b) Compare the timing of the shots.
(c) Identify witnesses.
(d) See where the shot landed.

8. When was the fact finding commission report released?
(a) September 24, 1964.
(b) September 4, 1964.
(c) September 24, 1965.
(d) Octoberr 24, 1964.

9. What does Posner say did not exist from the interrogation?
(a) Transcripts or recordings.
(b) Traces in the police archives.
(c) Civilian witnesses.
(d) Police witnesses.

10. When did Texas announce it would hold a public court of inquiry into the assassination?
(a) November 25, 1963.
(b) December 29, 1963.
(c) November 29, 1964.
(d) November 2, 1963.

11. When did Ruby leave the apartment on the Sunday following the assassination of Kennedy?
(a) 12 p.m.
(b) 12 a.m.
(c) 11 a.m.
(d) 1 a.m.

12. What does the Warren Commission think the bullet mark on the curb was caused by?
(a) A shooting between police and robbers the week before.
(b) The bullet that entered Kennedy's head.
(c) The second bullet.
(d) The third bullet was meant for Mrs. Kennedy.

13. When were the expended shells found in the Texas Book Depository Building?
(a) 12:00 a.m.
(b) 2:45 p.m.
(c) 12:45 a.m.
(d) 1:12 p.m.

14. Who did Dean Andrews say Oswald came to his officer with in Chapter 18?
(a) A group of Communist kids.
(b) A group of Cuban kids.
(c) A group of homosexual kids.
(d) A group of Republican kids.

15. Why was the Zapruder film not able to provide all the answers about the location of the shots?
(a) The film was shot from too far away.
(b) The car is blocked from view at several times.
(c) The film was not of good quality.
(d) The film was in black and white.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why was Ruby running the Vegas Club according to Chapter 16?

2. What was inserted through the bullet exit wound in Chapter 13?

3. What did the murder of Oswald produce according to Chapter 17?

4. What did Oswald's attitude during his interrogation lead Marina to believe?

5. How many controversial issues did Posner mention in Chapter 14?

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