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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. What state does Ochs Jones work in?

2. What was the Southern man's profession?

3. Where does Ochs return to at the beginning of Part 2?

4. What is Jimmie Lee Horn's profession?

5. What does Ochs find out when he receives an exciting phone call after meeting with Ben a second time?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. What facts arise that lead Ochs to believe Ben's story of Horn's murder?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

After his meeting with Ben Toy, Ochs begins to feel sympathy for him, making it possible that he will forget that Ben is a cold-blooded killer. What could the sympathy Ochs begins to feel towards Ben do to his judgment? What result might sympathy bring to Ochs as the story continues?

Essay Topic 2

In the Prologue, readers find out that Jimmie Lee Horn was the first black mayor of Nashville, Tennessee. Horn was killed during a rally on the Fourth of July. Does the race of Jimmie Lee Horn have any impact on what readers may think is the reason he was assassinated? Does the mention of Horn's race cause readers to jump to conclusions since it did not necessarily have to be acknowledged so quickly?

Essay Topic 3

Ochs is writing a book the events that led to Horn's assassination; the story will also reveal the true murderer. Ochs already knows a vast amount of information on Horn due to his research as well as the articles he has written on Horn. How does Ochs describe Horn? What could Ochs's opinion of Horn mean for his investigation? Is he biased due to his previous following of Horn and his career?

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