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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Dave's daughter like to speak?
(a) Like she is English.
(b) In pig Latin.
(c) Like a Cajun.
(d) Like a valley girl.

2. Where does Dave want to leave Alafair?
(a) Where she was staying while he was in jail.
(b) At home with a babysitter.
(c) At a friend's house who lives in Canada.
(d) With the child protective services.

3. Where is Dave on a business trip?
(a) Birmingham.
(b) Baton Rouge.
(c) New Orleans.
(d) Los Angeles.

4. What happened to Cletus Purcel's legal problems?
(a) He is on probation.
(b) They have been resolved.
(c) There is a warrent pending for Purcel's arrest.
(d) It is making its way through the courts.

5. Who speaks to Dave outside of Sally Dio's home?
(a) The local sheriff.
(b) Dixie Lee.
(c) Mapes.
(d) The DEA officer.

6. What happens after Dave has been in jail for three weeks?
(a) He is moved to the trustee dormitory.
(b) He gets a loan approved and is able to post his bond.
(c) He is let go as the charges are dropped.
(d) He goes to trial.

7. What surprises Dave?
(a) That Purcel ignores Dave.
(b) To see Purcel back in the States.
(c) That the CEO of Star Drilling is an old Army buddy.
(d) That Dixie Lee actually gets off on the drug charge.

8. Why does Dave do what he does in question 53?
(a) Because of the threat against Alafair.
(b) Because they are involved in a drug ring.
(c) To ask Dio if he set them up.
(d) Because Dave wants more information.

9. Back at home, what does Dave try to do?
(a) Settle into his routine.
(b) Try to pretend nothing happened.
(c) Put his affairs in order in case he goes to prison.
(d) Soothe Alafair's fears.

10. Who is someone else who shares the cell with Dave?
(a) A bank robber who accidentally kills his partner while robbing a bank.
(b) A man accused of stuffing a drunk homeless man into a dumpster just before the garbage truck arrives.
(c) A man who set fire to an apartment building for insurance not know there were six homeless people inside.
(d) A simple-minded black man accused of killing his infant son.

11. Why does Dave have to spend the night there?
(a) He has a migraine headache.
(b) His car breaks down.
(c) A meeting the next morning.
(d) A rainstorm.

12. Whom does Dave dream of that night?
(a) He has a dreamless night.
(b) His daughter from a previous marriage.
(c) His mother.
(d) His deceased wife.

13. Who does Dave ask about having some "company" that night in the motel room?
(a) The desk clerk at the motel where Vidrine and Mapes are staying.
(b) A woman standing on a street corner near the motel where Vidrine and Mapes are staying.
(c) A room service employee where Vidrine and Mapes are staying.
(d) The bartender at the motel bar where Vidrine and Mapes are staying.

14. Why doesn't Dixie Lee want to go to the police?
(a) Because he's an ex-con.
(b) He thinks Dave would be able to help him more.
(c) He does not trust them.
(d) He is afraid of going back to prison.

15. How does Dave react to Dixie Lee contacting Sally?
(a) He does not offer an opinion about it.
(b) He is not altogether sure Sally is not the one trying to kill Dixie Lee.
(c) He chastises Dixie Lee.
(d) He thinks Sally may be able to help.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Dave think Mapes kills Vidrine?

2. Who does Dixie Lee think Mapes and Vidrine killed?

3. What does Dave do with his daughter?

4. What is the connection between Dio and Dixie Lee?

5. Who does Dave call to tell he is in Montana and that he believes Dio has something to do with Mapes, Vidrine, and the murder they supposedly committed?

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