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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many interrogators were present from different government branches according to Chapter 15?
(a) 12.
(b) 6.
(c) 25.
(d) 35.

2. How long does Posner say Oswald needed to fire 3 shots?
(a) 5.4 seconds.
(b) 1.5 seconds.
(c) 2.5 seconds.
(d) 4.5 seconds.

3. How many controversial issues did Posner mention in Chapter 14?
(a) 3 controversial issues.
(b) 6 controversial issues.
(c) 5 controversial issues.
(d) 2 controversial issues.

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

5. What place did Jim Garrison think was the center for the conspiracy to assassinate Kennedy?
(a) Winter Snow Skating rink.
(b) White Winter Skating rink.
(c) Winterland Ice Skating rink.
(d) Snow White Skating rink.

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

7. What does Posner think the bullet mark on the curb was caused by?
(a) A car crash the day earlier.
(b) It was an old mark.
(c) A police officer shooting back at the crowd.
(d) The missed first bullet.

8. Who was the sales agent taking care of Ruby at the newspaper office?
(a) Mark Camptbell.
(b) Don Mitchell.
(c) Sam Gandi.
(d) Don Campbell.

9. When was the Texas Book Depository building sealed according to Chapter 12?
(a) 10:45 a.m.
(b) 12:45 a.m.
(c) 12:05 a.m.
(d) 11:33 a.m.

10. Who was Ruby's roommate in Chapter 16?
(a) George Senator.
(b) Tom Gerrison.
(c) Lee Oswald.
(d) Marina Oswald.

11. What kind of analysis was used to prove that one bullet could have caused both Kennedy's and Connally's wounds?
(a) Sound wave analysis.
(b) Geometry.
(c) Failure analysis.
(d) Bullet factor analysis.

12. What controversy did Posner mention about the bullet?
(a) If the bullets were Cuban.
(b) If the bullets were Russian.
(c) If one bullet could hit both the President and the Governor.
(d) If Oswald manufactured the bullets himself.

13. When did Clay Shaw die?
(a) 1975.
(b) 1977.
(c) 1974.
(d) 1976.

14. What characterized 1965 for Louisiana according to Chapter 18?
(a) An election year.
(b) Civil unrest.
(c) Riots.
(d) Integration of the school system.

15. What happened before Kennedy was pronounced dead according to Chapter 13?
(a) He talked to his wife.
(b) Jackie asked him if he really had an affair.
(c) He was given last rites.
(d) Reporters were allowed in his room.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did Texas law require because of Kennedy's violent death?

3. Who was with Kennedy most of the time in the hospital room?

4. Who claimed to have seen Ruby at the Parkland Hospital after the assassination?

5. What does Posner point out at the start of Chapter 12?

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