View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the amount of the lawsuit that Marston files against Penn and the Examiner?
(a) $2.5 million.
(b) $1 million.
(c) $10 million.
(d) $5 million.

2. When Penn arrives back in Natchez after the trip to Colorado, a fax is waiting for him. This fax tells him about ____________.
(a) Stolen fire bombs.
(b) Stolen weapons.
(c) Stolen dynamite.
(d) Stolen plastic explosives.

3. According to what Stone tells Penn, what motivated the Payton killing?
(a) Money.
(b) Jealousy.
(c) Racial tension.
(d) Property use.

4. Penn stops in Huntsville to witness the execution of ___________.
(a) Arthur Lee Hanratty.
(b) Ike Ransom.
(c) Huey Moak.
(d) Peter Lutjens.

5. Years earlier, from what had the person trapped inside the house saved Penn?
(a) A dog.
(b) A bully.
(c) A snake.
(d) A mugger.

6. At the funeral, Althea tells the congregation that Penn is unselfish in his pursuit of the truth. What is Penn's real motivation for pursuing the Payton case?
(a) Truth.
(b) Justice.
(c) Revenge.
(d) Money.

7. Where do Penn and Tom dispose of the gun?
(a) In the cemetery.
(b) In the backyard.
(c) In the swamp.
(d) In the river.

8. What does Penn promise Caitlin in exchange for her help with the Payton case?
(a) Book rights.
(b) An exclusive.
(c) $50,000.
(d) Dinner.

9. Why had the person Penn interviews in Colorado been released from his previous job?
(a) Drug abuse.
(b) Anger-management issues.
(c) Alcohol-related issues.
(d) Excessive force accusations.

10. Penn stunned to see _______________.at the execution in Huntsville.
(a) Austin Mackey.
(b) Leo Marston.
(c) John Portman.
(d) Peter Lutjens.

11. Who taught Penn about explosives and the damage they cause?
(a) Tom Cage.
(b) Dwight Stone.
(c) Huey Moak.
(d) Sam Jacobs.

12. Why does the Hanratty brother try to kill Penn?
(a) Revenge.
(b) Jealousy.
(c) Money.
(d) Orders.

13. According to the woman who was in the car the night of the Payton murder, whom had she seen at the battery plant?
(a) Leo Marston.
(b) Sam Jacobs.
(c) Ray Presley.
(d) Ike Ransom.

14. What do Marston and his companion remove from Marston's office?
(a) Disks.
(b) Weapons.
(c) Drugs.
(d) Boxes.

15. What does Penn want to do in order to force Leo Marston's hand?
(a) Stake-out Marston's home.
(b) Accuse Marston of Payton's murder.
(c) Sue Marston for slander.
(d) Provoke Marston in a fight.

Short Answer Questions

1. As Penn ponders what he has learned to this point, what does Penn begin to believe the murder was about?

2. How does Althea react when Penn tells her that he's going to investigate Payton's murder?

3. Whom do Penn and Caitlin interview in Colorado?

4. While having drinks at Biscuits and Blues, who interrupts Penn and his companion?

5. After Penn gets the person out of the house, Annie is missing. Who returns Annie to Penn?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 432 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample