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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How is the Southern man killed?
(a) He is hung.
(b) He is shot.
(c) He is poisoned.
(d) He is drowned.

2. What does Berryman tell the men who hired the Southern man?
(a) He will take the money and run.
(b) He will make the men disappear without a trace.
(c) He will send his men after them.
(d) He will disappear without a trace.

3. What happens to Jimmie Lee Horn at the beginning of the story?
(a) He is convicted of a crime.
(b) He is assassinated.
(c) He assassinates the President.
(d) He becomes a member of the senate.

4. What is used in order to treat Ben when first arriving at the William Pound Institute?
(a) Journal writing.
(b) Medication.
(c) Therapy.
(d) Interrogation.

5. Who does Ochs visit the day after he investigates Berryman's apartment?
(a) The head nurse at the William Pound Institute.
(b) The director at the William Pound Institute.
(c) Berryman's girlfriend.
(d) The security guard at the William Pound Institute.

6. How long is Ben first admitted to the William Pound Institute for?
(a) A year.
(b) A month.
(c) Six months.
(d) A few days.

7. Where was the Southern man from?
(a) Boston.
(b) Houston.
(c) New York City.
(d) Jamestown.

8. Why does Berryman contact the men who hired the Southern man?
(a) He wants to request a hit on Ochs.
(b) He wants to call off the hit on Horn.
(c) He doesn't want to be followed.
(d) He wants to know who the Southern man was.

9. Who does Ben believe is following him?
(a) A hit man.
(b) A news castor.
(c) The southern man.
(d) A reporter.

10. Who does Ben inform that he is being followed?
(a) Berryman.
(b) The police.
(c) Ochs.
(d) Horn.

11. After vising New York, where does Ochs go next?
(a) California.
(b) Tennessee.
(c) Georgia.
(d) Mexico.

12. What does Ben call the jobs performed by hit men?
(a) Orders.
(b) Numbers.
(c) Jobs.
(d) Letters.

13. In what town does the story take place?
(a) Boston.
(b) Nashville.
(c) Los Angeles.
(d) Montgomery.

14. Why does Ochs go to a mental hospital?
(a) To interview Ben Toy.
(b) To visit his sister.
(c) He committed a crime.
(d) He has severe anxiety.

15. How does Ochs describe the Southern man after hearing the events that led to his appearance?
(a) Naive.
(b) Clever.
(c) Violent.
(d) Mysterious.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Ochs when he receives an exciting phone call after meeting with Ben a second time?

2. What could Ochs's feelings toward Ben do to his judgment?

3. In what state is Berryman's apartment located?

4. Why is Ochs disappointed about the second meeting he has with Ben?

5. Who is Johnboy's sworn enemy?

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