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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Dave say he will do for Dixie Lee?
(a) Investigate.
(b) Give Dixie Lee a pistol.
(c) Speak to the police on Dixie Lee's behalf.
(d) Nothing.

3. Why does Dave keep Alafair home from school?
(a) He is fearful that something could happen to her.
(b) It's a school holiday.
(c) She is not feeling well.
(d) She is suspended for a day from school.

4. What does Dave think Dixie Lee should do?
(a) Go to the police.
(b) Hire a bodyguard.
(c) Hire a lawyer.
(d) Take out a contract on the two men.

5. Where is Alafair staying while Dave is in jail?
(a) With her grandmother.
(b) With Dave's deceased wife's best friend.
(c) With Dave's aunt.
(d) With a cousin.

6. What is Dixie Lee doing though it's early in the morning?
(a) Making phone calls.
(b) Eating a big steak.
(c) Watching football re-runs.
(d) Drinking.

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

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

9. Why is Dave moved into solitary confinement?
(a) Because his life is threatened.
(b) To make room for a really bad murderer.
(c) For getting into a fight with a couple of his cellmates.
(d) Because the police chief owes Dave a favor.

10. What does Dave do with his daughter?
(a) Watches movies on the VCR.
(b) Asks his sister to keep her for a few days.
(c) Sends her to his mother's house.
(d) Takes her to his mother-in-law's.

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

12. Why does Dave think Mapes kills Vidrine?
(a) Mapes thinks Vidrine is going to break and confess about the murder.
(b) Vidrine is blackmailing Mapes.
(c) Vidrine has an affair with Mapes's wife.
(d) Mapes owes Vidrine a lot of money.

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

14. What was wrong with the oil rig on which Dave's father is killed?
(a) It was capped incorrectly.
(b) The steel was weak.
(c) It did not have a blowout preventer.
(d) It was dry.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Dave's response to Dixie Lee's request?

2. Who is Dave accused of murdering?

3. Who is Batist?

4. Who was Sally Dio's father?

5. Who does Dave ask about having some "company" that night in the motel room?

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