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

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

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

4. Why does Dave apply for a loan?
(a) To cover his fifteen thousand dollar portion of the one hundred and fifty thousand dollar bail.
(b) To pay off his mortgage so Alafair will have a place if something happens to Dave.
(c) To hire a nanny to stay with Alafair while he is in jail.
(d) To pay for a lawyer.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Cletus Purcel?

2. Why does Dave keep Alafair home from school?

3. What happens after Dave has been in jail for three weeks?

4. Who does Dixie Lee believe tried to kill him?

5. How are Dixie Lee and Sally Dio connected?

Short Essay Questions

1. What horrific event has happened not to long ago to Dave and how is he handling it?

2. Describe Cletus Purcel.

3. What does Dave do to Vidrine and Mapes and do you think this is appropriate on his part?

4. How does Dixie Lee try to pressure Dave into helping him about the conversation Dixie Lee overhears?

5. How do we get a little hint of Dave Robicheaux's fathering abilities?

6. What does Dave decide to do and why does he make this decision?

7. How does Dave accidentally alert Mapes and Vidrine that he is looking into the fire at Dixie Lee's place? Why do you think the Sheriff allows this to happen?

8. What is Dave remembering at the end of this chapter and how might that memory influence him to some sort of action?

9. What does Dave find in his mailbox and what is the Sheriff's response to it?

10. What does Dave do to get himself thrown off Dio's property and is this a pattern of Dave's?

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