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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. After Hanratty is convicted, his brother is shot and killed. Who shoots Hanratty's brother?
(a) Peggy.
(b) Lou.
(c) Tom.
(d) Penn.

2. While Tom and Penn are fighting about the newspaper article, who rings Tom's doorbell?
(a) Livy.
(b) Caitlin.
(c) Jenny.
(d) Georgia.

3. What is the name of the waitress that interrupts Penn's interview?
(a) Livy.
(b) Katie.
(c) Annie.
(d) Jenny.

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

5. What is the name of the plant at which Payton worked?
(a) Exide Battery.
(b) Duracell Battery.
(c) Triton Battery.
(d) Interstate Battery.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the story initially describe Tom Cage?

2. Who picks up Penn and his daughter from the airport?

3. According to Sam, what rumor has he heard about Olivia?

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

5. What happened to Tom when he was the defendant in a malpractice suit years earlier?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Penn confused by the comments made by the woman who threw the drink in Penn's face at the fundraising party?

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

3. Why does Sam Jacobs warn Penn about the Payton murder as they leave the fund-raising party?

4. According to Austin Mackey, why did Mackey not investigate the Payton murder himself?

5. When Tom questioned Presley about why he only returned one gun, not two, what did Presley say?

6. When Presley and Tom met after Hillman had been killed, what did Tom ask Presley?

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

8. Why did Presley return the gun he borrowed from Tom?

9. After hearing Presley's response about why Presley only returned one gun, not two, what does Tom believe?

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

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