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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Ochs Jones investigating in the story?
(a) The death of Horn.
(b) The death of Bert Poole.
(c) Murders of politicians over the past twenty decades.
(d) Crimes of politicians over the past decade.

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

3. In what state is Berryman's apartment located?
(a) California.
(b) New York.
(c) Tennessee.
(d) Massachusetts.

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

5. What does Ochs find out when he receives an exciting phone call after meeting with Ben a second time?
(a) Facts on the Southern man.
(b) Facts on Ben Toy's mental state.
(c) Facts on Horn's murder.
(d) Facts about Thomas Berryman.

6. During Ochs's second meeting with Ben, what happens to Ben?
(a) He collapses.
(b) He is put in restraints.
(c) He has to be sedated.
(d) He tries to hurt Ochs.

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

8. Where is Ochs when he receives an exciting phone call after meeting with Ben a second time?
(a) Bed.
(b) Bathtub.
(c) Balcony.
(d) Restaurant.

9. Who hired Thomas Berryman to kill Horn?
(a) A northern man.
(b) An ex-con.
(c) A police officer.
(d) A southern man.

10. What does ipecac syrup mimic?
(a) A panic attack.
(b) Food poisoning.
(c) A head cold.
(d) The flu.

11. Who orders the hit on the Southern man?
(a) Johnboy Terrell.
(b) Ben.
(c) Ochs.
(d) Berryman.

12. What was the Southern man's profession?
(a) Criminal Investigator.
(b) Dentist.
(c) Lawyer.
(d) Doctor.

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

14. Who is Johnboy's sworn enemy?
(a) Horn.
(b) Berryman.
(c) Ochs.
(d) Ben.

15. What does Ochs asks Ben's hospital guard to get for him after his first visit?
(a) The telephone.
(b) The head nurse.
(c) Ben's medical records.
(d) Ben's medication.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ochs find out Berryman used his credit card for before the Fourth of July?

2. Where was the Southern man from?

3. What does Berryman do with ipecac syrup?

4. When Ben accepts the order to kill Horn, what happens to him?

5. Where does Johnboy live?

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