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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. How does Penn characterize the man who convinces Penn to meet with him by telling Penn that his family is in danger?
(a) As an actor.
(b) As a liar.
(c) As a friend.
(d) As a thief.

2. How long has the black woman been working for the Cage family?
(a) Forty years.
(b) Ten years.
(c) Thirty years.
(d) Twenty years.

3. When the two women appear on Tom's doorstep, how do the women view Penn?
(a) As their betrayer.
(b) As their slayer.
(c) As their healer.
(d) As their champion.

4. According to the person Penn goes to see after telling his father that he's bought the gun, what happened to the Payton file?
(a) It was shredded.
(b) It was destroyed in a fire.
(c) It was sent to storage.
(d) It was taken to Washington.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. At the time of the fight with Penn, what was the occupation of the man Penn fought with for the right to prosecute Hanratty?

2. After committing a racially-motivated murder in California, where did Hanratty and his brothers escape to?

3. As Chapter Five opens, to whom does Penn grant an interview?

4. Who is the current mayor of Natchez?

5. Why does the waitress interrupt Penn's interview?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. When Penn sees Mackey at the fundraising party, why is Mackey angry with Penn?

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

4. How does Penn feel when he returns to his hometown to begin life anew?

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

6. According to Penn's mother, why had she been upset earlier on the phone?

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

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

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

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

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