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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is Leo Marston characterized when he is introduced into the novel?

2. Which of the characters at the fundraising party is an alcoholic?

3. What is Penn Cage's occupation?

4. Who is the district attorney in Natchez?

5. According to the article published after Penn's interview, what does Penn call Payton's murderers?

Short Essay Questions

1. When the two women leave Tom's house, what has Penn decided to do for them?

2. According to Sam Jacobs, what two things drive the Marston family?

3. How does Penn feel when he returns to his hometown to begin life anew?

4. When Penn asks his father if he ever found out the reason behind Marston's attack, what is Tom's reply?

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

6. When Penn first confronts his father about what's bothering his father, how does Tom react?

7. While Tom and Penn are fighting about the newspaper article, two women appear on Tom's doorstep. Why are the women there?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast Tom Cage and Leo Marston.

a. How are the two characters similar? How are they different?

b. Compare the role that honesty plays in each of their lives. How is each character affected by the concept of honesty - both positively and negatively?

Essay Topic 2

Why did the author choose "The Quiet Game" as the book's title? How does the title foreshadow the events that unfold in the story, the struggles of the main characters, and the violence portrayed in the story?

Essay Topic 3

Compare and contrast Dwight Stone and Penn Cage, the two men that find the truth regarding Del Payton's murder.

a. How are the two characters similar in terms of their professional lives? How are they different?

b. How are the two characters similar in their personality characteristics, strengths, and weaknesses? How are they different?

c. Each of these men has a daughter they want to protect, were the men similarly affected by this desire or not? Explain your answers and your reasoning.

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