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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 Marston family home?
(a) Ducane.
(b) Tuscany.
(c) Mazatlan.
(d) Versailles.

2. According to the woman who was in the car the night of the Payton murder, whom had she seen at the battery plant?
(a) Ike Ransom.
(b) Leo Marston.
(c) Ray Presley.
(d) Sam Jacobs.

3. While at the hospital waiting for a helicopter, what happens?
(a) Olivia kisses Penn.
(b) Annie is returned.
(c) Caitlin comforts Penn.
(d) Ruby dies.

4. What is the first task that Penn gives to Caitlin in regard to the Payton case?
(a) Getting the details on Leo Marston.
(b) Interviewing Althea Payton.
(c) Rereading the trial transcripts.
(d) Unsealing the case files.

5. What does Penn promise Caitlin in exchange for her help with the Payton case?
(a) Dinner.
(b) Book rights.
(c) $50,000.
(d) An exclusive.

6. How much money is Penn going to bill Althea for investigating Payton's murder?
(a) $100 per day.
(b) $1,000 per day.
(c) $10 per day.
(d) $1 per day.

7. What do Marston and his companion remove from Marston's office?
(a) Weapons.
(b) Disks.
(c) Drugs.
(d) Boxes.

8. Why had J. Edgar Hoover taken the Payton file after Stone had solved the case?
(a) To protect Marston.
(b) To get Nixon elected.
(c) To hire Marston.
(d) To blackmail Nixon.

9. After getting away from their pursuers, where does Stone send Penn to for help?
(a) His former partner.
(b) The Silver Bell.
(c) The sheriff's station.
(d) Biscuits and Blues.

10. What is the current position held by the person Penn is stunned to see in Huntsville?
(a) President-elect.
(b) District Attorney.
(c) Director of the CIA.
(d) Director of the FBI.

11. Who is the mother of the person who interrupts Penn and his companion at Biscuits and Blues?
(a) Ruby.
(b) Caitlin.
(c) Peggy.
(d) Olivia.

12. According to what Stone tells Penn, what motivated the Payton killing?
(a) Property use.
(b) Money.
(c) Racial tension.
(d) Jealousy.

13. According to the fax Penn receives when he arrives back in Natchez after the trip to Colorado, when were the items in question stolen?
(a) 1969.
(b) 1972.
(c) 1965.
(d) 1968.

14. After driving around alone after Ruby's funeral, where does Penn finally end up?
(a) Marston's family home.
(b) Penn's burned-out home.
(c) Presley's trailer.
(d) Master's apartment.

15. According to Althea, who was one of the agents that originally investigated Payton's death?
(a) Agent Hanratty.
(b) Agent Stone.
(c) Agent Marston.
(d) Agent Masters.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the Hanratty brother try to kill Penn?

2. In Chapter 24, as Penn is reviewing the case, Tom returns home with news that an attempt had been made on someone's life. On whose life was the attempt made?

3. As Penn, Caitlin, and Annie wait for their plane in the Baton Rouge airport, whom does Penn see getting off a plane?

4. As Penn drives alone after Ruby's funeral, how is Penn feeling?

5. When Penn arrives home, he learns that ____________is still inside the house.

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