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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. According to Tom, in what year was Penn's aunt raped?
(a) 1965.
(b) 1968.
(c) 1972.
(d) 1973.
2. According to Tom, who raped Penn's aunt years earlier?
(a) Ray Presley.
(b) Riley Warren.
(c) Leo Marston.
(d) Don Hillman.
3. How long before the story begins does Penn Cage's wife die?
(a) Seven months.
(b) Five months.
(c) Two months.
(d) Ten months.
4. Who picks up Penn and his daughter from the airport?
(a) Tom.
(b) Ruby.
(c) Kate.
(d) Peggy.
5. According to Sam, what rumor has he heard about Olivia?
(a) She spends money like water.
(b) She's moving back to Natchez.
(c) Her marriage is ending.
(d) Her husband is violent.
Short Answer Questions
1. After Hanratty is convicted, his brother is shot and killed. Who shoots Hanratty's brother?
2. What is the name of the black man running for mayor in Penn's hometown?
3. How long has Penn been away from Natchez for before he returns to begin a new life?
4. In what state did Hillman's murder take place?
5. According to the article published after Penn's interview, what does Penn call Payton's murderers?
Short Essay Questions
1. When Penn first confronts his father about what's bothering his father, what does Penn think is going on?
2. When Penn asks his father if he ever found out the reason behind Marston's attack, what is Tom's reply?
3. Why does Pinder tell Penn that he's going to pretend to have never met Penn?
4. While Tom and Penn are fighting about the newspaper article, two women appear on Tom's doorstep. Why are the women there?
5. According to the story Penn tells during his interview, why was Payton murdered?
6. Why does Penn decide to move back to his hometown?
7. After hearing Presley's response about why Presley only returned one gun, not two, what does Tom believe?
8. Why did Presley return the gun he borrowed from Tom?
9. When Presley and Tom met after Hillman had been killed, what did Tom ask Presley?
10. When Penn announces to his parents that he is moving back to his hometown, how do Penn's parents react?
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