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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. What project is Ochs working on?
(a) Finishing an art installment.
(b) Directing a television show.
(c) Writing a book.
(d) Writing a film script.

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

3. What company do the three brothers own?
(a) An engineering company.
(b) An airplane company.
(c) A limousine company.
(d) A hotel chain.

4. What word does Ochs use to describe Johnboy?
(a) Obnoxious.
(b) Brutal.
(c) Difficult.
(d) Corrupt.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What happens to Jimmie Lee Horn at the beginning of the story?

3. What is Ochs Jones investigating in the story?

4. Who is said to have committed the murder of Jimmie Lee Horn?

5. How is the Southern man killed?

Short Essay Questions

1. When Ochs returns to Long Island, what information is he given?

2. What makes the Southern man so mysterious in the story?

3. What causes Ochs to be unhappy during his final meeting with Ben?

4. What does the reader find out is the plot of the story after reading the Prologue?

5. How does empathy play a part in the relationship between Ochs and Ben?

6. What does Ben Toy inform Ochs Jones about Thomas Berryman's last job when he was hired as a hit man?

7. Who is Johnboy Terrell and what is his relationship with the Southern man?

8. Describe Ben Toy's profession.

9. Describe the profession of Ochs Jones.

10. Why is Ochs sent to Long Island?

(see the answer keys)

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