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

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

3. For whom does Purcel work?
(a) Undercover for the CIA.
(b) Sally Dio.
(c) A small-time Mafia boss.
(d) Undercover for the DEA.

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

5. What is the connection between Dio and Dixie Lee?
(a) They were in the Army together.
(b) Dio likes Fifties music.
(c) They both like jazz and blues.
(d) Dio and Dixie Lee went to high school together.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Dave say he will do for Dixie Lee?

2. Why does Dave apply for a loan?

3. What interferes with Dixie Lee's success?

4. Who does Dixie Lee believe planted drugs in his car?

5. What surprises Dave?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

2. What does Dio offer Dave and what is Dave's response? Do you think Dave is right to refuse Dio's aid?

3. Describe Cletus Purcel.

4. What does Dixie Lee do that is perhaps a typical manipulative action of an alcoholic?

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

6. Why is Dave moved in the jail and what does that say about Dave as a person?

7. Who are Dave's cell mates and why is he placed in this cell?

8. Do you think Dave's wife is actually coming to him in a dream or it is Dave just reminding himself to go to AA?

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

10. Why does it seem Dixie Lee is destined for jail and what does he decide to do about it?

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