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

2. As Stone and Penn rush from the house with bullets flying behind them, where do the two men flee?
(a) To the river.
(b) To the truck.
(c) To the barn.
(d) To the forest.

3. In Chapter 24, as Penn is reviewing the case, Tom returns home with news that an attempt had been made on someone's life. On whose life was the attempt made?
(a) Olivia Marston.
(b) Althea Payton.
(c) Caitlin Masters.
(d) Ray Presley.

4. As Penn and his bodyguard are at the warehouse, shots are fired. Who is one of the men killed?
(a) Clovis Hanratty.
(b) Arthur Hanratty.
(c) Marcus Hanratty.
(d) Lou Hanratty.

5. According to the fax Penn receives when he arrives back in Natchez after the trip to Colorado, when were the items in question stolen?
(a) 1965.
(b) 1969.
(c) 1968.
(d) 1972.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom do Penn and his bodyguard go to meet at the warehouse?

2. Where is Peter Lutjens being transferred to?

3. Why had the person Penn interviews in Colorado been released from his previous job?

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

5. As Penn drives alone after Ruby's funeral, how is Penn feeling?

Short Essay Questions

1. When Annie is returned to Penn, there is also a note for Penn. What does the note say?

2. Why does Tom Cage at first not believe that Leo Marston would have been involved in Payton's murder?

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

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

5. Why does Penn ask Caitlin to accompany him on his upcoming trip?

6. What does Penn learn from the eyewitness that Penn tracks down upon his return to Natchez?

7. According to Caitlin, what is the reason why Agent Stone is reluctant to speak to Penn about the Payton case?

8. What announcement does the person Penn sees getting off an airplane in Baton Rouge make that shocks Penn?

9. Why did Caitlin originally not want to publish Penn's accusations about Marston in her paper?

10. When Leo Marston arrives at the Marston family home and interrupts Penn and Olivia, what does Leo tell Penn?

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