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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens as Penn is on his way home from the meeting with the man who warned Penn that his family might be in danger?
(a) Penn is an accident.
(b) Penn is mugged.
(c) Penn is shot at.
(d) Penn is beaten.

2. What does Penn do when he sees that Leo Marston has arrived at the fundraising party?
(a) Confronts the judge.
(b) Asks for a continuance.
(c) Sends his father home.
(d) Asks for a meeting.

3. What is the nickname of the person who follows Penn home from the fundraiser?
(a) The Spike.
(b) The Machine.
(c) The Matador.
(d) The Terminator.

4. In what year was Payton murdered?
(a) 1968.
(b) 1967.
(c) 1965.
(d) 1969.

5. At the fundraising party, who throws a drink in Penn's face?
(a) Olivia Marston.
(b) Althea Payton.
(c) Maude Marston.
(d) Georgia Payton.

6. Where is Penn's hometown?
(a) Natchez.
(b) Lubbock.
(c) Denver.
(d) Tucson.

7. Where was Hanratty's brother shot?
(a) In the heart.
(b) In the eye.
(c) In the back.
(d) In the leg.

8. What kind of gun was used to kill Hillman?
(a) A fifty-seven Magnum.
(b) A pistol.
(c) A thirty-eight.
(d) A semi-automatic.

9. What is the name of the man Penn fought with for the right to prosecute Hanratty?
(a) Henry Lee.
(b) Shad Johnson.
(c) Ray Presley.
(d) John Portman.

10. How did Payton die?
(a) He was in an accident.
(b) He burned to death.
(c) He suffocated.
(d) He was shot.

11. Who is the current mayor of Natchez?
(a) Riley Warren.
(b) Shad Johnson.
(c) Ike Ransom.
(d) Sam Jacobs.

12. As Chapter Five opens, to whom does Penn grant an interview?
(a) Caitlin Masters.
(b) Olivia Marston.
(c) Caitlin Presley.
(d) Olivia Mackey.

13. According to Tom, who had Tom told about Ellen's rape in his office?
(a) Riley Warren.
(b) Leo Marston.
(c) Don Hillman.
(d) Ray Presley.

14. What is the name of the black man running for mayor in Penn's hometown?
(a) Henry Lee.
(b) Tom Cage.
(c) Shad Johnson.
(d) Ray Presley.

15. How much money does Penn end up paying to Ray Presley to buy Presley's gun?
(a) $50,000.
(b) $100,000.
(c) $75,000.
(d) $25,000.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the occupation of the father of the girl Penn was involved with during high school?

2. When Penn gets in the car of the person who was following Penn home from the fundraiser, where do the two men go?

3. According to the rumors that Penn had heard, where is Olivia living?

4. What is the occupation of Penn Cage's father?

5. While Penn was still in high school, who often worked for the father of the girl Penn was involved with?

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