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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Ochs when he receives an exciting phone call after meeting with Ben a second time?

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

3. After vising New York, where does Ochs go next?

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

5. After two meetings with Ben, what does Ochs think about his story involving the murder of Horn?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. What happens that causes readers to become more aware of the emotional state of Ben?

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

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

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

10. In Part 2, why does Ochs return to Long Island, and what information is he given?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In Part 4, Thomas Berryman goes to Texas to visit his ill father. When Berryman visits his sick father, what emotional response do readers feel towards him? Does the scene allow readers to see Berryman from a different perspective?

Essay Topic 2

At the end of Part 7, readers find out where the dead body of Thomas Berryman is found. What events happened previously that leads readers to know who discarded his body? Who did it? Does the involvement of this particular person in Berryman's death lead readers to become suspicious of them?

Essay Topic 3

In Part 2, Ochs receives a phone call with news that excites him as well as causes a dramatic incline in the story. What news does the phone call bring him? Why is he excited? Could the call help Ochs's investigation? Cite examples from the text in order to justify your response.

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