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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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) District Attorney.
(b) President.
(c) Lieutenant Colonel.
(d) Governor.

3. After telling his father that he's bought the gun, whose office does Penn head to?
(a) Shad Johnson.
(b) Austin Mackey.
(c) Ike Ransom.
(d) John Portman.

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

5. While Penn was still in high school, who often worked for the father of the girl Penn was involved with?
(a) Ray Presley.
(b) Austin Mackey.
(c) Leo Marston.
(d) Delano Payton.

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

7. Whom does Penn suggest Tom talk to about Tom's options regarding the blackmail?
(a) Austin Mackey.
(b) Shad Johnson.
(c) Ray Presley.
(d) Sam Jacobs.

8. What is the name of the FBI agent that has helped Penn in the past?
(a) Ronald Rundell.
(b) Willie Pinder.
(c) Peter Lutjens.
(d) Parker Marvin.

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

10. Who is Payton's widow?
(a) Althea.
(b) Marie.
(c) Livy.
(d) Ruby.

11. What has Presley recently been diagnosed with?
(a) Cancer.
(b) Lung disease.
(c) Kidney failure.
(d) Heart murmurs.

12. According to Tom, in what year was Penn's aunt raped?
(a) 1965.
(b) 1968.
(c) 1973.
(d) 1972.

13. Who convinces Penn to meet with him by telling Penn that his family is in danger?
(a) Sam Jacobs.
(b) Riley Warren.
(c) Shad Johnson.
(d) Austin Mackey.

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

15. How long before the story begins does Penn Cage's wife die?
(a) Five months.
(b) Seven months.
(c) Two months.
(d) Ten months.

Short Answer 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?

2. Which character is friends with Penn even though he is Jewish and Penn is not?

3. How did Payton die?

4. When Penn has a dream that someone is trying to tell him something, whom does Penn see in his dream?

5. How much time passes before Presley begins talking about Hillman's murder?

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