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

2. Why is the Southern man murdered?
(a) Ben confused him with someone else.
(b) He continued to follow Ben.
(c) Ben wanted him out of the way.
(d) He tried to murder Ben.

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

4. What evidence is used in order to convict the murderer of Jimmie Lee Horn?
(a) A footprint.
(b) Film footage.
(c) An eye witness.
(d) Fingerprints on a gun.

5. What race is Horn?
(a) African American.
(b) Asian.
(c) Indian.
(d) Caucasian

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Ben work?

2. What reason does Ben give for keeping the fact that he's been seeing a psychiatrist away from Berryman?

3. Why does Berryman contact the men who hired the Southern man?

4. Who does Ben believe is following him?

5. Who is Johnboy's sworn enemy?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where does Ochs go after his meeting with Ben Toy, and what events follow?

2. What does Ochs ask the guard at the mental institute to do for him, and what events follow his request?

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

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

5. What is Ochs Jones investigating when the story begins, and why?

6. Why is Ochs sent to Long Island?

7. Describe the profession of Ochs Jones.

8. Describe Ben Toy's profession.

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

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

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