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

2. What is Johnboy's standing with the public?
(a) He is strongly liked.
(b) He is strongly disliked.
(c) He has no public support.
(d) He is still wanted in office.

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

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

5. What does Ben feel caused him to have to enter the William Pound Institute?
(a) The things he learned about Horn.
(b) The things he learned about Berryman's plans for him.
(c) The things he learned about his past.
(d) The things he learned about Berryman's past.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the location of the mental hospital Ochs visits?

2. What is Johnboy Terrell's job?

3. What company do the three brothers own?

4. What does Berryman do with ipecac syrup?

5. Who accepts the job for Berryman to kill Horn?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the profession of Ochs Jones.

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

3. When Ochs returns to Tennessee after visiting Ben in the mental institution, what does he learn about Berryman? Why is it important?

4. How does Berryman get assigned the job to assassinate Jimmie Lee Horn?

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

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

7. How does Ochs's opinion of Ben change from his first interview to his last?

8. What news does Ochs receive while bathing in his hotel room?

9. Why is Ochs sent to Long Island?

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

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