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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. What is the occupation of the eyewitness that Penn tracks down upon his return to Natchez?
(a) Fisherman.
(b) Demolition man.
(c) Repo man.
(d) Car salesman.

2. Why had J. Edgar Hoover taken the Payton file after Stone had solved the case?
(a) To hire Marston.
(b) To get Nixon elected.
(c) To blackmail Nixon.
(d) To protect Marston.

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

4. As Stone and Penn rush from the house, Stone is shot. Where is Stone hit?
(a) The throat.
(b) The buttocks.
(c) The leg.
(d) The arm.

5. According to Marston's phone records, to whom has Marston talked several times since Caitlin's first article about Payton was published?
(a) Austin Mackey.
(b) Ike Ransom.
(c) Ray Presley.
(d) John Portman.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who accompanies Penn on his stakeout of Marston's office?

2. What is the amount of the lawsuit that Marston files against Penn and the Examiner?

3. According to Althea, who was one of the agents that originally investigated Payton's death?

4. After getting away from their pursuers, where does Stone send Penn to for help?

5. As Penn, Caitlin, and Annie wait for their plane in the Baton Rouge airport, whom does Penn see getting off a plane?

Short Essay Questions

1. According to Penn, why had Portman wanted Hanratty extradited to Los Angeles?

2. What happened to the woman in the car when she revealed what she had seen the night of the Payton murder?

3. Describe one retaliatory event that occurs after Penn's accusations are published in the paper.

4. When Penn arrives at his interview in Colorado, the interviewee does not want to talk. What changes the interviewee's mind?

5. At Ruby's funeral, Shad Johnson gets up to speak. What does Johnson say?

6. After Johnson speaks at Ruby's funeral, Althea gets up to speak. What does Althea say?

7. Where does the judge who orders the boxes removed from the Marston family home for safekeeping have the boxes taken to?

8. As Penn peeks in the window of the Marston family home, what does Penn see Leo preparing to do?

9. How does the person who interrupts Penn at Biscuit and Blues learn that her birth certificate does not list a father's name?

10. What discrepancy catches Penn's eye about the Fairlane that is sitting in Althea's garden?

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