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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. Where do Penn and Tom dispose of the gun?
(a) In the swamp.
(b) In the cemetery.
(c) In the river.
(d) In the backyard.

2. Why had the person Penn interviews in Colorado been released from his previous job?
(a) Anger-management issues.
(b) Drug abuse.
(c) Excessive force accusations.
(d) Alcohol-related issues.

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

4. After Penn confronts Livy and the two are interrupted by Leo, what does Penn suddenly realize?
(a) He needs to go to Colorado.
(b) He needs to go to Washington.
(c) He needs to go to California.
(d) He needs to go to Florida.

5. Penn stunned to see _______________.at the execution in Huntsville.
(a) Peter Lutjens.
(b) John Portman.
(c) Austin Mackey.
(d) Leo Marston.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to what Stone tells Penn, what motivated the Payton killing?

2. When Penn arrives home, he learns that ____________is still inside the house.

3. According to the records stolen by the person who interrupts Penn and his companion at Biscuits and Blues, what was the fee for her private adoption?

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

5. After learning that Penn is going to investigate Payton's murder, what does Althea show Penn?

Short Essay Questions

1. According to Penn, why had Portman wanted Hanratty extradited to Los Angeles?

2. At Ruby's funeral, Shad Johnson gets up to speak. What does Johnson say?

3. After Johnson speaks at Ruby's funeral, Althea gets up to speak. What does Althea say?

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

5. As Penn peeks in the window of the Marston family home, what does Penn see Leo preparing to do?

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

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

8. How does Penn respond when he hears the announcement from the person Penn sees getting off an airplane in Baton Rouge?

9. What is the real reason that Peter Lutjens is being transferred?

10. How does the person who interrupts Penn at Biscuit and Blues learn that her birth certificate does not list a father's name?

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