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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Loudermilk eating when he is murdered?

2. What is Esteban known for?

3. Hoe does Leo Castilo know Alex Guidry?

4. Who does Lila say raped her?

5. What does Robicheaux want Ruby to identify Harpo as?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Ruby help Robicheaux in this section?

2. What does Guidry tell Robicheaux on the telephone in Chapter 26?

3. What does Robicheaux find out about Ida's body in this section?

4. Why does Robicheaux think Scuggs killed Boxleiter?

5. What does Robicheaux find out from Scruggs when he questions him?

6. Describe the photographs Robicheaux finds in the glass jar.

7. What does Robicheaux find suspicious about the photograph he finds in Chapter 23?

8. What problems does Cisco say he is currently having with his film?

9. What does Robicheaux think of Megan Flynn's photographs?

10. What happens to Ricky Scarlotti at the end of this section?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In what way could most of the characters be described as immoral? In what is this a typical theme of hard-boiled detective stories?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the motives for the deaths of one of the following characters.

1. Anthony Powell.

2. Lila Terrebonne.

3. Jack Flynn.

4. The two brothers.

Essay Topic 3

What does it say about Harpo's role in the murders that he feels so guilty and eventually murders himself?How does Harpo's guilt tie in with the novel's overall theme of power?

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