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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. When Pickney goes to the Clinch house to interview Clarisse, how many fishing trophies are on Bobby's bookshelf?
(a) 24.
(b) 18.
(c) 7.
(d) 13.

2. When Ott PIckney shows up at Decker's hotel the day after sending Decker to see Skink, where does Pickney invite Decker to?
(a) A funeral.
(b) A concert.
(c) A grand opening.
(d) A play.

3. In the 1970s, what position was Clinton Tyree elected to?
(a) Councilman.
(b) Congressman.
(c) Governor.
(d) Senator.

4. What does Pickney find attached to the console from Bobby's boat that should not have been there?
(a) A piece of rope.
(b) A remote control.
(c) An electrical wire.
(d) A listening device.

5. Who is Dickie Lockhart's competition for television bass fishing supremacy?
(a) Charles Weeb.
(b) Al Pinkerton.
(c) Dennis Gault.
(d) Ed Spurling.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Lanie Gault and Bobby Clinch originally meet?

2. As Skink and Decker sit in their boat waiting for the cheating fishermen to retrieve the marked fish, Decker asks if Skink is wanted for something. How does Skink respond?

3. How many men are on the boat that comes to retrieve the marked fish at the New Orleans fishing tournament?

4. When Skink leaves the plane in New Orleans, Decker remains aboard the plane. Where does the plane fly on to?

5. In order to stop cheating at bass tournaments, what did Gault originally propose that ultimately made him a laughing stock in the fishing community?

Short Essay Questions

1. Decker realizes that he's met Lanie Gault before Harney. Where did Decker originally meet Lanie Gault?

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

3. Why are the fishing guides in Harney paid up to $200 per day for their services?

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

5. 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?

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

7. Years earlier, when Dennis Gault offered money to an undercover federal officer to kill Dickie Lockhart, why wasn't Dennis arrested?

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

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

10. 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?

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