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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 long before the story begins does Penn Cage's wife die?
(a) Ten months.
(b) Two months.
(c) Seven months.
(d) Five months.

2. Who is the current mayor of Natchez?
(a) Ike Ransom.
(b) Riley Warren.
(c) Sam Jacobs.
(d) Shad Johnson.

3. How did Payton die?
(a) He burned to death.
(b) He suffocated.
(c) He was in an accident.
(d) He was shot.

4. How much money does Penn offer to Ray Presley to buy Presley's gun?
(a) $75,000.
(b) $25,000.
(c) $100,000.
(d) $50,000.

5. When Penn gets in the car of the person who was following Penn home from the fundraiser, where do the two men go?
(a) The police station.
(b) Biscuits and Blues.
(c) Triton Battery.
(d) FBI Headquarters.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which old school friend does Penn run into at the fundraising party?

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

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

4. Who does the person following Penn believe was responsible for the murder of Payton?

5. How does the story initially describe Tom Cage?

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

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

4. When Penn first meets with the person he agrees to be interviewed by, why is Penn stunned?

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

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

7. Why does Ike Ransom refuse to elaborate when he tells Penn who he believes was involved in the Payton murder?

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

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

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

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