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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 the records stolen by the person who interrupts Penn and his companion at Biscuits and Blues, what was the fee for her private adoption?
(a) $35,000.
(b) $20,000.
(c) $15,000.
(d) $50,000.

2. Who arrives with the police and orders the boxes removed from the Marston family home for safekeeping?
(a) Judge Franklin.
(b) Judge Morris.
(c) Judge Foust.
(d) Judge Murphy.

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?
(a) Ray Presley.
(b) Olivia Marston.
(c) Caitlin Masters.
(d) Althea Payton.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why had the person Penn interviews in Colorado been released from his previous job?

2. When Penn visits Agent Stone again, what does Penn learn from the agent?

3. When Penn returns to the hotel room after witnessing the execution, whom do Penn and Caitlin talk about?

4. How much money is Penn going to bill Althea for investigating Payton's murder?

5. What does Penn want to do in order to force Leo Marston's hand?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Penn ask Caitlin to accompany him on his upcoming trip?

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

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

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

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

6. What advice does Penn's Colorado interviewee give to Penn regarding the Payton case?

7. What announcement does the person Penn sees getting off an airplane in Baton Rouge make that shocks Penn?

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

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

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

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