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

2. Why does a nun call Dave?
(a) To solicit money for the charity hospital.
(b) To ask him to visit Dixie Lee.
(c) To ask him the address to send a letter.
(d) To give a report on his daughter's behavior at school.

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

4. Why does Dixie Lee ask Sally Dio for help?
(a) To give Dixie a new identity.
(b) To get off the drug charge.
(c) For bail money.
(d) To kill whoever is trying to kill him.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the letter Dave receives tell him to do?

2. How does Dave spend the majority of his time in his cell?

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

4. Why does Dave apply for a loan?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What evidence is there that Purcel is still on the wrong side of the law?

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

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

4. What is Sally Dio like and what is his connection to Dixie Lee?

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

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

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

8. What do you think the package in Dave's mailbox means?

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

10. With what crime is Dave charged and what does he realize as to why they are charging him?

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