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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. As Penn and his bodyguard are at the warehouse, shots are fired. Who is one of the men killed?
(a) Lou Hanratty.
(b) Clovis Hanratty.
(c) Marcus Hanratty.
(d) Arthur Hanratty.

2. Who does Penn end up going to Biscuits and Blues with for drinks?
(a) Caitlin Masters.
(b) Olivia Marston.
(c) Dan Kelly.
(d) Ike Ransom.

3. According to what Stone tells Penn, who does Stone believe arranged Payton's murder?
(a) Mackey.
(b) Marston.
(c) Portman.
(d) Presley.

4. After Penn gets the person out of the house, Annie is missing. Who returns Annie to Penn?
(a) Caitlin.
(b) A neighbor.
(c) A police officer.
(d) Olivia.

5. While at the hospital waiting for a helicopter, what happens?
(a) Annie is returned.
(b) Olivia kisses Penn.
(c) Ruby dies.
(d) Caitlin comforts Penn.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the occupation of the eyewitness that Penn tracks down upon his return to Natchez?

2. At the funeral, Althea tells the congregation that Penn is unselfish in his pursuit of the truth. What is Penn's real motivation for pursuing the Payton case?

3. In Chapter 24, as Penn is reviewing the case, Tom returns home with news that an attempt had been made on someone's life. On whose life was the attempt made?

4. When Marston finally shows up at his office, who does Penn see with Marston?

5. What is the amount of the lawsuit that Marston files against Penn and the Examiner?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe one retaliatory event that occurs after Penn's accusations are published in the paper.

2. When Penn goes to the apartment of the person who interrupts him at Biscuits and Blues, what does the person who interrupts him tell Penn?

3. According to Caitlin, what is the reason why Agent Stone is reluctant to speak to Penn about the Payton case?

4. When Penn receives a phone call from Althea after the Hanratty execution, what does Althea tell Penn?

5. Where does the judge who orders the boxes removed from the Marston family home for safekeeping have the boxes taken to?

6. Why does Caitlin change her mind about publishing Penn's accusations in her paper?

7. When Penn arrives at his interview in Colorado, the interviewee does not want to talk. What changes the interviewee's mind?

8. What does Penn learn from the eyewitness that Penn tracks down upon his return to Natchez?

9. When Annie is returned to Penn, there is also a note for Penn. What does the note say?

10. When Leo Marston arrives at the Marston family home and interrupts Penn and Olivia, what does Leo tell Penn?

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