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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the name of the police officer that first arrived at the Texas Book Depository?
(a) Mark Stapler.
(b) Tom Stoki.
(c) Marrion Baker.
(d) Eric Roger.

2. How many pages was the report released by the fact finding commission?
(a) 888 pages.
(b) 788 pages.
(c) 666 pages.
(d) 868 pages.

3. Why were the autopsy photos not examined by the fact finding commission?
(a) The Kennedy family refused to released them.
(b) No pictures were taken.
(c) They were irrelevant.
(d) They were too gruesome.

4. Why did Oswald grab a jacket according to Chapter 12?
(a) To cover his revolver.
(b) Because it was cold.
(c) Out of habit.
(d) To hide a wound.

5. How long does Posner say Oswald needed to fire 3 shots?
(a) 5.4 seconds.
(b) 4.5 seconds.
(c) 1.5 seconds.
(d) 2.5 seconds.

6. When was Clay Shaw acquitted of the conspiracy charge presented in Chapter 18?
(a) March 12, 1968.
(b) March 1, 1969.
(c) May 1, 1968.
(d) March 1, 1968.

7. What time did the questioning of Oswald start according to Chapter 15?
(a) 2:30 p.m.
(b) 4:30 p.m.
(c) 3:30 p.m.
(d) 1:30 p.m.

8. Where was Lyndon Johnson sworn in as President?
(a) On the tarmac at the airport.
(b) In the Capitol.
(c) Aboard Air Force One.
(d) At the hospital where Kennedy died.

9. What did Texas law require because of Kennedy's violent death?
(a) That Mrs. Kennedy stay in Texas.
(b) To keep the body.
(c) That President Kennedy be buried in Texas.
(d) An autopsy.

10. What does the Warren Commission think the bullet mark on the curb was caused by?
(a) The third bullet was meant for Mrs. Kennedy.
(b) A shooting between police and robbers the week before.
(c) The second bullet.
(d) The bullet that entered Kennedy's head.

11. What was Oswald charged with?
(a) The murder of Kennedy.
(b) The killing of Tippit.
(c) Resisting arrest.
(d) Theft.

12. What did the Warren Commission conclude about the three shots fired at Kennedy?
(a) Oswald was not alone.
(b) Oswald could have fired them.
(c) Oswald was used by the CIA.
(d) Oswald could not have fired them.

13. What does Posner say of Jim Garrison in Chapter 18?
(a) He was a colorful New Orleans character.
(b) He was happy in marriage.
(c) He was paranoid.
(d) He was communist.

14. What did Kennedy's electrocardiogram show according to the testimonies of the doctors and nurses at the hospital?
(a) A healthy heart.
(b) A stressed heart.
(c) A dying heart rhythm.
(d) A flat line.

15. How many members did the fact finding commission created by Johnson have?
(a) 8 members.
(b) 9 members.
(c) 5 members.
(d) 1 member.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Marina think Oswald's rifle was according to Chapter 12?

2. What kind of analysis was used to prove that one bullet could have caused both Kennedy's and Connally's wounds?

3. Whose influence did Jim Garrison investigate in New Orleans according to Chapter 18?

4. What was the first priority of the interrogators talking to Oswald?

5. Where did Oswald hide from a passing police car?

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