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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. According to Tom, who raped Penn's aunt years earlier?
(a) Riley Warren.
(b) Leo Marston.
(c) Ray Presley.
(d) Don Hillman.

3. What is the name of the paper that Penn's interviewer works for?
(a) The Natchez Enquirer.
(b) The Natchez Examiner.
(c) The Natchez Daily Herald.
(d) The Natchez Times.

4. According to the person who convinces Penn to meet with him by telling him that his family is in danger, what is the next step after being mayor of Natchez?
(a) Governor.
(b) Lieutenant Colonel.
(c) President.
(d) District Attorney.

5. Who is Payton's mother?
(a) Georgia.
(b) Althea.
(c) Jenny.
(d) Livy.

6. What is the name of the girl Penn was involved with during high school?
(a) Olivia.
(b) Caitlin.
(c) Sarah.
(d) Althea.

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

8. Who tells Penn that there are files in the basement?
(a) The night watchman.
(b) The secretary.
(c) The janitor.
(d) The sheriff.

9. What happened to Tom when he was the defendant in a malpractice suit years earlier?
(a) Tom had a heart attack.
(b) Tom fled the state.
(c) Tom was arrested.
(d) Tom had a nervous breakdown.

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

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

12. As Penn and his interviewer discuss racism in the south, how does Penn react?
(a) Defensively.
(b) Acceptingly.
(c) Unashamedly.
(d) Politically.

13. Where are Penn and his daughter when Penn decides to move back to his hometown?
(a) Epcot Center.
(b) Sea World.
(c) King's Island.
(d) Walt Disney World.

14. How is Leo Marston characterized when he is introduced into the novel?
(a) As Natchez greed.
(b) As Natchez loyalty.
(c) As Natchez royalty.
(d) As Natchez money.

15. When Penn has a dream that someone is trying to tell him something, whom does Penn see in his dream?
(a) Ruby Flowers.
(b) Olivia Marston.
(c) Caitlin Masters.
(d) Peggy Cage.

Short Answer Questions

1. After committing a racially-motivated murder in California, where did Hanratty and his brothers escape to?

2. 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?

3. What is the name of the black woman who works for the Cage family?

4. According to the rumors that Penn had heard, to whom is Olivia married?

5. What is the name of the plant at which Payton worked?

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