3. The day the New Orleans bass tournament begins, who is NOT in New Orleans for the tournament?
(a) Dickie Lockhart.
(b) Charles Weeb.
(c) Ed Spurling.
(d) Dennis Gault.

4. Why did the manhunt for Clinton Tyree finally end?
(a) Tyree was spotted in Louisiana.
(b) Tyree's body was found.
(c) Tyree's resignation letter was received.
(d) Tyree's limousine driver confessed to murder.

5. Decker is the second person that Dennis tries to hire to investigate Dickie's cheating. Who was hired before Decker?
(a) Charles Weeb.
(b) Jim Tile.
(c) Bobby Clinch.
(d) Skink.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Pickney describe Skink to Decker?

2. After being elected to office, what one thing about Clinton Tyree astounded everyone in Tallahassee?

3. What is the name of Pickney's editor at the Harney Sentinel?

4. What does Pickney find attached to the console from Bobby's boat that should not have been there?

5. According to Lanie, how many tournaments did Bobby fish per year when Bobby and Lanie first met?

Short Essay Questions

1. Years before the story takes place, what did Decker do to land him in Apalachee prison?

2. Why did Catherine call Decker when she and James were on their honeymoon?

3. What are the demands which Weeb agrees to when confronted by Dickie in Weeb's hotel room in New Orleans?

4. Why has Dennis Gault never rigged a bass tournament himself?

5. Why does Decker not bother to hide his expensive camera equipment in his trailer home?

6. When Catherine visits Decker at his trailer, she asks Decker what he plans to do with the money he'll get from investigating the cheating case at the tournament. What does Decker tell her?

7. How does Pickney characterize bass guides when Decker asks Pickney for his help in finding a guide?

8. Why does Bobby Clinch like to drive in the fog?

9. Why does no one notice Skink when he sees Bobby Clinch on the day that Bobby dies?

10. Why does the vice president of the Outdoor Christian Network not like the name Lunker Lakes for the community development?

(see the answer keys)

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