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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is Peter Lutjens being transferred to?
(a) Fargo, North Dakota.
(b) Bismarck, North Dakota.
(c) Pierre, South Dakota.
(d) Bozeman, Montana.

2. Why had the person Penn interviews in Colorado been released from his previous job?
(a) Drug abuse.
(b) Alcohol-related issues.
(c) Excessive force accusations.
(d) Anger-management issues.

3. What does Penn want to do in order to force Leo Marston's hand?
(a) Sue Marston for slander.
(b) Stake-out Marston's home.
(c) Accuse Marston of Payton's murder.
(d) Provoke Marston in a fight.

4. Who accompanies Penn on his stakeout of Marston's office?
(a) Caitlin.
(b) Sam.
(c) Olivia.
(d) Tom.

5. When Penn visits Agent Stone again, what does Penn learn from the agent?
(a) People are watching Stone's house.
(b) Marston offered Stone a bribe.
(c) Stone's daughter has been fired.
(d) Payton was killed in self-defense.

6. What is the name of the woman who was in the car the night of the Payton murder?
(a) Betty Lou Bannister.
(b) Betty Lou Beckman.
(c) Betty Lou Marston.
(d) Betty Lou Masters.

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

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 blackmail Nixon.
(d) To hire Marston.

9. What is the amount of the lawsuit that Marston files against Penn and the Examiner?
(a) $1 million.
(b) $2.5 million.
(c) $10 million.
(d) $5 million.

10. Years earlier, from what had the person trapped inside the house saved Penn?
(a) A mugger.
(b) A dog.
(c) A snake.
(d) A bully.

11. According to Marston's phone records, to whom has Marston talked several times since Caitlin's first article about Payton was published?
(a) Ike Ransom.
(b) Austin Mackey.
(c) Ray Presley.
(d) John Portman.

12. As Penn drives alone after Ruby's funeral, how is Penn feeling?
(a) Angry.
(b) Frustrated.
(c) Ashamed.
(d) Tired.

13. As Stone and Penn rush from the house with bullets flying behind them, where do the two men flee?
(a) To the forest.
(b) To the barn.
(c) To the truck.
(d) To the river.

14. Whom do Penn and Caitlin interview in Colorado?
(a) Agent Marby.
(b) Agent Beckman.
(c) Agent Stone.
(d) Agent Jones.

15. When Penn arrives home, he learns that ____________is still inside the house.
(a) Tom.
(b) Peggy.
(c) Ruby.
(d) Annie.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who taught Penn about explosives and the damage they cause?

2. Who arrives with the police and orders the boxes removed from the Marston family home for safekeeping?

3. After Penn confronts Livy and the two are interrupted by Leo, what does Penn suddenly realize?

4. Who is the mother of the person who interrupts Penn and his companion at Biscuits and Blues?

5. According to Althea, who was one of the agents that originally investigated Payton's death?

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