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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is Mr. Patterson's dead body found?
(a) In a wooded area.
(b) In his trunk.
(c) In his recliner at his home.
(d) In the river.

2. What else is about to cause Hank to snap?
(a) The police lookout across the street.
(b) Chuck's cruising up and down the street.
(c) The press standing down the street.
(d) The helicoptor zooming close to the house.

3. Why can't Dan promise to not do anything risky?
(a) Because he does not believe Griffin intends to let them live.
(b) Because he still has plenty of bullets.
(c) Because he doesn't know the future.
(d) Because of the love he has for his family.

4. What does Robish refuse to do?
(a) Go to the store for cigarettes.
(b) Take his turn watching Ralphie in Ralphie's room.
(c) Kill Ralphie's teacher.
(d) Relinquish his gun to Griffin.

5. Who tells Bard that hitting Griffin is inappropriate behavior?
(a) Winston.
(b) Carson.
(c) Bard's supervisor.
(d) A CIA agent.

6. Where does Griffin tell the caller to send the money?
(a) No where, the caller is supposed to meet Griffin with the money.
(b) General delivery in Pittsburgh.
(c) To Mexico.
(d) A specified address.

7. What does the person want?
(a) To ask about any suspicious people in the neighborhood.
(b) To sell a vacuum cleaner.
(c) A check for garbage collection.
(d) To see if Dan is home.

8. Where is Dan's gun found?
(a) In the garage cabinet.
(b) Under Dan's mattress.
(c) Under the driver's seat of Dan's car.
(d) In the house earlier.

9. Why does Dan put on an act when he arrives home?
(a) So his wife will understand their secret code.
(b) So Ralphie's teacher will leave.
(c) To confuse the criminals.
(d) So Ralphie will laugh.

10. Besides peeking into the garage, what else does Mr. Patterson do?
(a) Flattens the tires of the car in the garage.
(b) Tells Eleanor in code that help is coming.
(c) Takes note of the disarray in the house.
(d) Tries to get Dan to come outside to talk.

11. Besides the license number of the getaway car, what else is in Mr. Patterson's car?
(a) A handgun.
(b) Three hundred dollars.
(c) Two empty whiskey bottles.
(d) Checks from his morning collections.

12. What does Carson call and tell Bard?
(a) That Hank robbed a bank.
(b) That Robish shoots and kills a bank teller.
(c) That Hank has been shot and killed trying to steal a car with a gun registered to Dan Hilliard.
(d) That Dan is ready to confess.

13. Who spends the day home with the criminals?
(a) Ralphie.
(b) Ralphie and Eleanor.
(c) Eleanor.
(d) No one.

14. How does Dan act when he arrives home?
(a) Amiable.
(b) Drunk.
(c) Lascivious.
(d) Rude.

15. Why is Dan outraged?
(a) That Griffin plans to take Cindy with them.
(b) That Ralphie was not allowed any lunch.
(c) That his family will have to endure this nightmare for an extended period of time.
(d) That Eleanor has a bruise over one eye.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Griffin plan to see his girlfriend?

2. What does Mr. Patterson do after peeking in the garage?

3. Why does Bard wish he had killed Griffin?

4. What does Ralphie's teacher do about Ralphie?

5. Why does Dan not want Robish in the house?

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