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

2. How many pages was the report released by the fact finding commission?
(a) 666 pages.
(b) 788 pages.
(c) 888 pages.
(d) 868 pages.

3. Who was the first witness heard by the fact finding commission?
(a) The CIA chief.
(b) Marina Oswald.
(c) Mrs. Kennedy.
(d) The Secret Service agents.

4. Where did Ruby buy some goods from after visiting his sister?
(a) Walmart.
(b) Empire Walton.
(c) The Ritz Delicatessen.
(d) Sears.

5. When was Clay Shaw acquitted of the conspiracy charge presented in Chapter 18?
(a) March 1, 1968.
(b) March 1, 1969.
(c) May 1, 1968.
(d) March 12, 1968.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Ruby have dinner on November 21, 1963 with some friends?

2. What does Posner say of Jim Garrison in Chapter 18?

3. Who performed Kennedy's autopsy?

4. When did Ruby die?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What did the electrocardiogram show according to Chapter 13?

2. How did the Commission divide its tasks?

3. What were two controversial issues according to Posner in Chapter 14?

4. Who was Jim Garrison according to Chapter 18?

5. What did the homicide captain do at 2:30 p.m. in Chapter 15 on the day of the assassination?

6. What happened on March 1, 1967?

7. What did the Kennedy family refuse to release?

8. What did they find in the garage at the Paine house?

9. What did many early critics believe about the assassination and what did it lead to?

10. What did the Gallop Poll say according to Chapter 17?

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