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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 is Bobby Clinch buried in?
(a) His tackle box.
(b) His bed.
(c) His truck bed.
(d) His bass boat.

2. When Decker first sees Skink, what is Skink holding?
(a) A fishing pole.
(b) A rifle.
(c) Car keys.
(d) A snake.

3. What does Decker see in Skink's shack that really surprises him?
(a) Pictures.
(b) Lures.
(c) Books.
(d) Pelts.

4. What is the name of Pickney's editor at the Harney Sentinel?
(a) Charles Weeb.
(b) Ozzie Rundell.
(c) Sandy Kilpatrick.
(d) Harrison Lanker.

5. On what date does Bobby Clinch "go fishing" for the last time?
(a) May 1.
(b) January 6.
(c) October 12.
(d) March 15.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the 1970s, what position was Clinton Tyree elected to?

2. How long did it take the IRS to shut down one of the country's largest land-development firms after Tyree turned down the company's bribes?

3. Who tells Decker at the funeral that Bobby's death was not accidental?

4. According to Bobby's wife, what is Bobby's most annoying habit?

5. When Bobby and Lanie first met, what was Bobby's full-time job?

Short Essay Questions

1. According to Decker, what is the most dreaded assignment in journalism?

2. According to Weeb, why are round lakes fiscally irresponsible?

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

4. 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?

5. What surprises Skink when he spies Bobby on the day that Bobby dies?

6. As Tile, Decker, and Skink are driving away from the slough after finding Pickney's body, why does Tile have Decker and Skink duck down when an oncoming car gets close?

7. At the beginning of the story, while he's filming the next episode of his fishing show, why is Dickie Lockhart frustrated?

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

9. Why does Ott Pickney become the Davey Dillo mascot for the high school?

10. After Skink releases all but two of the bass that were stashed in fish cages the night before the bass tournament in New Orleans, Skink clips the first two spines on the dorsal fins of the remaining two bass. Why?

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