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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 Cletus tell Dave?
(a) That Charlie killed Darlene.
(b) That Charlie was to also kill Dixie Lee.
(c) That Charlie is not the one who kills Darlene.
(d) That Charlie is dead.

2. What does the man who comes in for some water do?
(a) Asks Dave to join his political group for which he is distributing pamphlets.
(b) Knocks Dave on the head and handcuffs him to a pipe.
(c) Tells Dave he noticed some suspicious activity yesterday.
(d) Asks Dave for some money.

3. What does Dave's father tell Dave to do?
(a) Take the gator out to sea for the sharks.
(b) Use the hide for belts.
(c) Dig in the soft ground.
(d) Cut up the gator for food.

4. What does Dave tell Alafair is wrong with him?
(a) Cold.
(b) Malaria.
(c) Flu.
(d) Mumps.

5. Who arrives and beats Charlie unconscious?
(a) Desmarteau.
(b) Nygurski.
(c) Cletus Purcel.
(d) Dixie Lee.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Nygurski take Dave?

2. What was injured by a boat?

3. Why does Dave go to see Mrs. Demarteau?

4. Why is Cletus Purcel not intimate with his girlfriend?

5. What does Darlene tell Dave about AIM?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens at the lake and what does this incident reinforce to the reader about Dave's personality?

2. Is Dave's response to Cletus taking Charlie out of the house ethical?

3. What does the Coroner tell Dave and how does Dave know Darlene was probably raped before being murdered?

4. What could be possible reasons that Dave seems to be a bit of a hothead?

5. Why does Dave go to the courthouse and what is the result?

6. How is it obvious that Dave is starting to feel desperate?

7. What happens when Darlene comes over to Dave's home and what is the outcome?

8. What does Dave learn about Mapes and what does this information tell the reader about the man?

9. Why do you think Darlene's does not know much about the American Indian Movement, one of the most controversial and publicized Indian organizations, yet her last name (American Horse) suggests she is Native American?

10. Why do you think Darlene goes over and takes care of Dave when he is ill?

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