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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. Due to Ben's mental health issues, what does Ochs begin to feel for him?
(a) Lack of trust.
(b) Empathy.
(c) Irritation.
(d) Understanding.

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

3. How long has Ben known Berryman?
(a) Since he began his murdering spree.
(b) Since childhood.
(c) Since law school.
(d) Since college.

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

5. Where does Ochs Jones work?
(a) The police station.
(b) The White House.
(c) A local newspaper.
(d) Harvard.

Short Answer Questions

1. What company do the three brothers own?

2. Where does Johnboy live?

3. Where does Ben work?

4. How does Berryman get in touch with the men who hired the Southern man?

5. Who is Johnboy's sworn enemy?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens to Ben after accepting the order to kill Horn?

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

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

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

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

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

7. Who works on the Bowditch ward at the William Pound Institute, and why is this person important to Ochs's investigation?

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

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

10. Explain the crime that Ben commits after accepting the order to kill Horn.

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