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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. According to the person who convinces Penn to meet with him by telling him that his family is in danger, what does this person consider Payton to be?
(a) A trumpet call.
(b) A thunderbolt.
(c) An electric charge.
(d) A stepping stone.

4. 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 shot at.
(b) Penn is an accident.
(c) Penn is beaten.
(d) Penn is mugged.

5. What is the occupation of the father of the girl Penn was involved with during high school?
(a) Editor.
(b) Judge.
(c) Doctor.
(d) Attorney.

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

7. When the two women tell Penn the story of Payton's murder, how does Penn react?
(a) Penn is outraged.
(b) Penn is sympathetic.
(c) Penn is in denial.
(d) Penn is contrite.

8. How much money does Penn buy the Payton file for?
(a) $5,000.
(b) $2,000.
(c) $3,000.
(d) $1,000.

9. Where do Penn and his interviewer end up meeting?
(a) At Biscuits and Buns.
(b) At Biscuits and Bars.
(c) At Biscuits and Hotcakes.
(d) At Biscuits and Blues.

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

11. According to the person Penn goes to see after telling his father that he's bought the gun, what happened to the Payton file?
(a) It was destroyed in a fire.
(b) It was taken to Washington.
(c) It was shredded.
(d) It was sent to storage.

12. When the two women appear on Tom's doorstep, how do the women view Penn?
(a) As their healer.
(b) As their betrayer.
(c) As their slayer.
(d) As their champion.

13. How does Tom feel to this day about Hillman's murder?
(a) Relieved.
(b) Undecided.
(c) Conflicted.
(d) Guilty.

14. What does one of the Hanratty brothers periodically send to Penn?
(a) Pictures.
(b) Postcards.
(c) Letters.
(d) Threats.

15. When Penn suggests to his father that they need to talk, where do the two men go?
(a) The dining room.
(b) The back porch.
(c) The library.
(d) The kitchen.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Which of the characters at the fundraising party is an alcoholic?

4. Who tells Penn that there are files in the basement?

5. When Tom was the defendant in a malpractice suit years earlier, who was the prosecuting attorney?

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