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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what year was Payton murdered?
(a) 1967.
(b) 1965.
(c) 1968.
(d) 1969.

2. 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) An electric charge.
(b) A thunderbolt.
(c) A stepping stone.
(d) A trumpet call.

3. What is the name of Penn Cage's daughter?
(a) Annie.
(b) Peggy.
(c) Sarah.
(d) Olivia.

4. Of what is Penn accused by the woman who throws a drink in his face?
(a) Ruining her husband's life.
(b) Ruining her daughter's life.
(c) Ruining her son's life.
(d) Ruining her life.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where are Penn and his daughter when Penn decides to move back to his hometown?

2. What is the name of the girl Penn was involved with during high school?

3. While Tom and Penn are fighting about the newspaper article, who rings Tom's doorbell?

4. Who is Payton's widow?

5. Who drives Penn home from the fundraising party?

Short Essay Questions

1. According to the story Penn tells during his interview, why was Payton murdered?

2. Although Penn has no proof, what does he suspect about his father's involvement in his wife's final hours?

3. When Penn announces to his parents that he is moving back to his hometown, how do Penn's parents react?

4. When Penn asks his father if he ever found out the reason behind Marston's attack, what is Tom's reply?

5. Why does Shad Johnson want Penn to leave the Payton case alone?

6. Why does Pinder tell Penn that he's going to pretend to have never met Penn?

7. When Penn's mother confesses why she has been upset, why is Penn stunned by her news?

8. When Penn and Tom discuss Tom's options regarding the blackmail, Penn suggests two options to his father. What are they?

9. When Penn first confronts his father about what's bothering his father, how does Tom react?

10. When Penn calls home to tell his parents that he is moving back to his hometown, he senses something is wrong. Why does Penn not press his mother for details?

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