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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. When Penn arrives home, he learns that ____________is still inside the house.
(a) Peggy.
(b) Tom.
(c) Ruby.
(d) Annie.

2. What is the eyewitness's name that Penn tracks down upon his return to Natchez?
(a) Frank Jones.
(b) Jimmy Rise.
(c) Marissa Presley.
(d) Betty Lou Beckman.

3. Whom do Penn and his bodyguard go to meet at the warehouse?
(a) Ray Presley.
(b) Sam Jacobs.
(c) Leo Marston.
(d) Ike Ransom.

4. Penn stops in Huntsville to witness the execution of ___________.
(a) Arthur Lee Hanratty.
(b) Huey Moak.
(c) Peter Lutjens.
(d) Ike Ransom.

5. 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?
(a) Money.
(b) Truth.
(c) Revenge.
(d) Justice.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who taught Penn about explosives and the damage they cause?

2. Who accompanies Penn on his stakeout of Marston's office?

3. According to what Stone tells Penn, who does Stone believe arranged Payton's murder?

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

5. As Stone and Penn rush from the house, Stone is shot. Where is Stone hit?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why did Caitlin originally not want to publish Penn's accusations about Marston in her paper?

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

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

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

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

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

9. Why does Tom Cage at first not believe that Leo Marston would have been involved in Payton's murder?

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

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