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

2. Why does Purcel go to South America?
(a) He was a missionary to an Amazon tribe.
(b) He could live more cheaply there after retirement.
(c) He falls in love with a woman from Brazil.
(d) He killed a government witness.

3. What subject causes Hollister to threaten Dave?
(a) Dave's father's death.
(b) Dixie Lee's innocence.
(c) Vidrine and Mapes.
(d) Hollister does not threaten Dave.

4. How are Dixie Lee and Sally Dio connected?
(a) They are cousins.
(b) They shared a prison cell.
(c) They are brother-in-laws.
(d) They are best friends from high school.

5. What does Purcel do?
(a) Infiltrates drug lord's organizations.
(b) Works security.
(c) Investigates terrorists organizations.
(d) Whatever the Mafia Boss wants.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Dave tell Dixie Lee a few days later?

2. Why does Dave apply for a loan?

3. What does Dave believe about the person he asks for company?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why do you think Dave refuses to help his old friend, Dixie Lee?

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

3. What is Alafair's reaction to Dave's decision and do you think Dave handles the situation wisely?

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

5. Who is Nygurski; why does he visit Dave, and what does Dave tell him?

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

7. Describe and evaluate the character, Dixie Lee.

8. What is Darlene American Horse like and how does she seem to figure in to the storyline?

9. What does Dave read about Dixie Lee a week later?

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

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