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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the person in Dave's dream tell him?
(a) That Vidrine is not really dead.
(b) That Mapes is on his way to Montana.
(c) That Dixie Lee knows who Mapes and Vidrine killed.
(d) Not to forget his AA meetings.

2. What is Dixie Lee's job when Dave encounters him?
(a) A drill man for an oil company.
(b) A car salesman.
(c) A manager/agent for a band.
(d) A leaseman for an oil company.

3. Where does Dave encounter Dixie Lee?
(a) A drugstore.
(b) A roadside cafe.
(c) A highway rest stop.
(d) The police station.

4. Who does Dixie Lee believe tried to kill him?
(a) Mapes and Sally Dio.
(b) Vidrine and Dio.
(c) Vidrine and Mapes.
(d) Sally Dio.

5. Which one of the following shares a cell with Dave?
(a) A Russian Mafia hit man.
(b) A Vietnamese who garroted his business partner.
(c) A serial killer from Australia.
(d) A Chinese opium dealer.

6. What does Dixie Lee say that Dio is doing with the land Dixie Lee arranges for him to buy?
(a) He has no idea.
(b) It is a ranch and he's raising steers to sell.
(c) He's using it as a tax write-off.
(d) He's using it for an environmental project.

7. How are Dixie Lee and Sally Dio connected?
(a) They are brother-in-laws.
(b) They are cousins.
(c) They are best friends from high school.
(d) They shared a prison cell.

8. What does Dave suspect started the fire that injures Dixie Lee?
(a) A cigarette lighter.
(b) Coleman fuel.
(c) A pipe bomb.
(d) An electrical short.

9. Why does Dan Nygurski contact Dave?
(a) To give him some more info about his wife's death.
(b) To find out what Dave knows about Dixie Lee and Sally.
(c) They are old war buddies.
(d) Dave's adopted daughter is his niece.

10. Who overhears Dave talking to the sheriff about the fire?
(a) Vidrine and Mapes.
(b) An ex-druggie who knows Sally Dio.
(c) A DEA agent.
(d) Sally Dio.

11. What does Dixie Lee overhear?
(a) An insider stock tip.
(b) A conversation between two co-workers about a murder they committed.
(c) Two cops talking about a bribe they accept.
(d) His wife talking to a man with whom she is having an affair.

12. What does Dave do immediately upon his arrival in Montana?
(a) Calls Dixie Lee.
(b) Buys a pistol.
(c) Calls Purcel.
(d) Rents a house.

13. What does Dave decide to do despite saying he would do nothing?
(a) Decides to speak to a representative of Star Drilling.
(b) Goes to Montana and investigate.
(c) Goes out with a woman who he met on the Internet.
(d) Allows Dixie Lee to stay at Dave's house.

14. To whom does the Sheriff suggest Dave go?
(a) Highway Patrol.
(b) FBI.
(c) CIA.
(d) DEA.

15. Where does Dave go?
(a) To talk with some friends in the CIA.
(b) To look at the remains of the fire.
(c) To talk with some friends in the FBI.
(d) To his daughter's school play.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Dave end up taking Alafair with him?

2. What does Dave buy Alafair?

3. What does Dave do after Vidrine and Mapes are alone?

4. Whom does Dave dream of that night?

5. In what decade did Dixie Lee drop out of college?

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