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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. Who witnesses the body retrievers digging at Romey's house?
(a) Mark.
(b) Reggie.
(c) Fink.
(d) Ballentine.

2. Why does Reggie agree to take Mark to New Orleans?
(a) She has always wanted to see the Astrodome, too.
(b) She has family there.
(c) It's the last place they'd be expected to go.
(d) It's close and she knows people there to hide them.

3. What does Upchurch ask for at the beginning of Muldanno's trial?
(a) A 6-month continuance.
(b) A mistrial due to media coverage.
(c) To have the charges dismissed.
(d) A change of venue.

4. What do Mark and Reggie discuss as they near Romey's house?
(a) What they will have for lunch.
(b) The movie that they'll make after this experience.
(c) Whether they will seriously dig up the body.
(d) Life in the witness protection program.

5. How do the body retrievers enter Romey's house?
(a) With a key found under the mat.
(b) By picking the lock.
(c) By breaking some glass.
(d) With a key given to them.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the witness do to interrupt the body retrievers?

2. What is McThune doing when he learns of Mark's disappearance?

3. How does the reader know that the FBI gets the body before the mafia?

4. Who is the guard at the detention center that finds Mark in a zombie-like state in Chapter 31?

5. Who assures Muldanno that they will retrieve the body in 24 hours?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Reggie try to talk Mark out of foiling the mafia men's attempts to move the dead body?

2. How does Reggie get back at Foltrigg?

3. What help does The Blade ask for from his Uncle Johnny? How does Uncle Johnny respond?

4. Describe Mark's feelings as he and Reggie ride to the New Orleans airport.

5. Explain how Mark foils the three mafia men's attempt to dig up Senator Boyette's body.

6. Why does Reggie dodge her grand jury subpoena?

7. Discuss Gronke's feelings about his assignment to watch Mark and his relationship with the mafia.

8. Discuss Reggie's phone call to the FBI upon returning to the hotel from Romey's house. How does she convey a sense of urgency to Agent Trumann?

9. Knowing that Reggie and Mark are in New Orleans doesn't make the job of finding them any easier. What is the FBI's plan to catch them and to get Mark to talk once and for all?

10. Explain how Mark created symptoms to get himself sent to the hospital.

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