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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Billy Hardesty's plan, who will split the insurance money?
(a) Bill and Doc.
(b) Bill, Madeline, and Pat.
(c) Bill, Madeline, and Doc.
(d) Bill and Madeline.

2. Whom does Pat decide he can fully trust?
(a) Madeline.
(b) Governor Clay.
(c) Willie.
(d) Lila.

3. What does Bill Hardesty reveal to Pat in Chapter 22?
(a) Bill Hardesty wants Pat to kill Doc.
(b) Bill Hardesty loves Madeline.
(c) Doc and Bill Hardesty are working together.
(d) Eggleston was the mastermind of it all.

4. How does Pat describe Bill Hardesty's scheme?
(a) Very stupid.
(b) Very subtle.
(c) Very simple.
(d) Very silly.

5. What does Pat say that he's known for some time in Chapter 28?
(a) Doc planned to send Pat back to prison.
(b) Doc killed Eggleston.
(c) Doc was planning an insurance scheme.
(d) Doc's wife is not Lila, but Madeline.

6. Who does Pat visit in Chapter 16?
(a) Governor Clay.
(b) Eggleston.
(c) Rita Kennedy.
(d) Doc.

7. What is the occupation of the person Pat visited in Chapter 16?
(a) Politician.
(b) Private Investigator.
(c) Police officer.
(d) Judge.

8. Where do Pat and Eggleston plan to have their meeting?
(a) The roadhouse diner.
(b) Eggleston's office.
(c) Pat's apartment.
(d) At the boat launch.

9. What does Eggleston want in exchange for Pat's information?
(a) Pat's car.
(b) Money.
(c) A date with Lila.
(d) Free advertising.

10. What is Eggleston holding?
(a) A coffee.
(b) A gun.
(c) A letter.
(d) A newspaper.

11. What is the first newspaper article about that Pat reads in Chapter 24?
(a) Doc's past.
(b) Capitol City's deterioration.
(c) Myrtle's resignation.
(d) Eggleston's murder.

12. Who is contacted by the media at the end of the book?
(a) Pat.
(b) Lila.
(c) Madeline.
(d) Myrtle Briscoe.

13. What is just as easy to get as parole?
(a) A pardon.
(b) An exchange.
(c) A release.
(d) A conviction.

14. What was Madeline's assignment in Doc's scheme?
(a) To kill Pat.
(b) To sabotage Pat.
(c) To flirt with Pat.
(d) To shadow Pat.

15. What will Henry need to do to ready Pat's room in Chapter 24?
(a) Repaint the walls.
(b) Rearrange the furniture.
(c) Add drapes to the windows.
(d) Remove the bed.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does not believe Pat when he denies the rumor?

2. How does Pat feel when he finds someone in his car at the end of Chapter 18?

3. In what manner does Pat inform Doc of Hardesty's scheme?

4. What is Lila supposed to make the shared ride look like?

5. How did Eggleston die?

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