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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. Where was Ruby going when he stopped at the police headquarters in Chapter 16?
(a) A bar.
(b) The mosque.
(c) The temple.
(d) Church.

2. What charge was Oswald arraigned on?
(a) Killing Tippit.
(b) Killing the President.
(c) Being Communist.
(d) Wanting to go to Cuba.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many members did the fact finding commission created by Johnson have?

2. What kind of analysis was used to prove that one bullet could have caused both Kennedy's and Connally's wounds?

3. Who was Jim Garrison interested in during his investigation of Kennedy's death?

4. What characterized 1965 for Louisiana according to Chapter 18?

5. What does Posner say did not exist from the interrogation?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Ruby do when Oswald was being transferred?

2. What was happening to Governor Connally and how was it significant?

3. What was the first priority according to Chapter 15?

4. What happened on March 1, 1967?

5. What did failure analysis indicate?

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

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

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

9. What did Oswald's behavior lead Marina to believe?

10. What happened when Tippit stopped Oswald?

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