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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 type of work does Cletus do before partnering with Dave in homicide?
(a) Burglaries.
(b) Sex crimes.
(c) Misdemeanors.
(d) Vice.

2. In Chapter Seven, who is mentioned as having served as a Green Beret in Vietnam?
(a) Wesley Potts.
(b) Fitzpatrick.
(c) Bobby Joe.
(d) Philip Murphy.

3. To whom is Dave referring when he mentions "a guy that looked like he escaped form a Popsicle wrapper"?
(a) Fitzpatrick.
(b) Murphy.
(c) Starkweather.
(d) Baxter.

4. Who is Jimmie?
(a) One of Segura's men.
(b) Annie's neighor.
(c) Dave's half-brother.
(d) Someone Dave knows from police work.

5. In Chapter Five, who says he is on a short leash?
(a) Didi Gee.
(b) Jimmie.
(c) Fitzpatrick.
(d) Dave.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter Seven, what lesson does Dave recall from Vietnam?

2. According to Potts, Segura's men once worked in what Latin American country?

3. Who says, "Most people just roll over when violence comes into their lives"?

4. What is Dave drinking while he waits for Fitzpatrick to pick him up in Chapter Five?

5. When Dave leaves Annie on his houseboat in Chapter Six, where does he go and what does he do?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when Dave is fishing on Bayou Lafourche in Cataouatche Parish?

2. What does Dave learn about Bobby Joe Starkweather from Wesley Potts?

3. What piece of advice does Dave recall from his father in Chapter Seven?

4. Describe Julio Segura in Chapter Two.

5. What does Cletus do that escalates the situation with Segura in Chapter Four?

6. What clues make Dave suspicious of the Cataouatche Parish sheriff?

7. Describe Sam Fitzpatrick as seen in Chapter Three?

8. What happens to Dave after he has been given the cocktail?

9. Dave sometimes thinks of whom as his "father's misplaced seed"?

10. What does Dave learn about his partner from Julio Segura?

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