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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. Why does Mark want to go to New Orleans?
(a) To visit the French Quarter.
(b) To get some good gumbo before the mafia kills him.
(c) To see if the body is really where Romey said it was.
(d) To see the Astrodome.

2. What does Mark say he wants to leave to his mother and brother in his will?
(a) $10 he has saved.
(b) His comic book collection.
(c) His watch.
(d) Movie rights to his life story.

3. What unusual symptom does Mark have that is not consistent with the symptoms of shock?
(a) He is sucking his thumb.
(b) He is cold and clammy.
(c) He is burning up.
(d) He is able to lie down.

4. Who will be in Judge Harry's court ASAP as part of Reggie's agreement?
(a) Clifford.
(b) Foltrigg.
(c) Mark.
(d) Muldanno.

5. Who takes a flight from Memphis back to New Orleans in Chapter 30?
(a) Nance.
(b) Mark.
(c) Foltrigg.
(d) Gronke.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the guard at the detention center that finds Mark in a zombie-like state in Chapter 31?

2. What ironic moment comes to Mark's mind as he awaits his private jet?

3. Who will Reggie meet at the airport?

4. Who witnesses the body retrievers digging at Romey's house?

5. Who does Mark call from the hospital?

Short Essay Questions

1. Knowing that Reggie and Mark are in New Orleans doesn't make the job of finding them any easier. What is the FBI's plan to catch them and to get Mark to talk once and for all?

2. Discuss Reggie's phone call to the FBI upon returning to the hotel from Romey's house. How does she convey a sense of urgency to Agent Trumann?

3. How does Reggie's opinion of the witness protection program change once she is implicated as a possible mafia target?

4. Explain how the FBI learns that Reggie and Mark are safe in New Orleans.

5. Explain how Mark created symptoms to get himself sent to the hospital.

6. What are the terms Reggie outlines to the FBI in exchange for the location of the senator's body?

7. Why does Mark say that he wants to see the senator's dead body for himself?

8. Describe how Chapter 31 shows Reggie's growing paranoia after learning that she is a mafia target.

9. Discuss the two hearings that Judge Harry calls in Chapter 29.

10. Why does Reggie try to talk Mark out of foiling the mafia men's attempts to move the dead body?

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