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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. In the opinion of Dennis Gault, what is the most critical decision to make in preparation for bass fishing?
(a) The bait.
(b) The rod.
(c) The lure.
(d) The fishing line.

2. In what venue does Charles Weeb announce that Ed Spurling will be the new host of Fish Fever?
(a) Lunker Lakes.
(b) Gulf Shores.
(c) Disneyland.
(d) The Superdome.

3. When Skink and Garcia return from Garcia's fishing lesson on the lake, who is waiting for the two men at Skink's cabin?
(a) Lanie Gault.
(b) Deacon Johnson.
(c) Dennis Gault.
(d) Charles Weeb.

4. As the three men are traveling back to Harney, where does Decker drop off Skink while he and his companion go into town to get some food to eat?
(a) At a campsite.
(b) At an overpass.
(c) At a lake.
(d) At a pier.

5. When Decker returns from New Orleans to Miami, who does Decker unsuccessfully try to reach on the telephone?
(a) Al Garcia.
(b) Lou Zicutto.
(c) Dennis Gault.
(d) Jim Tile.

Short Answer Questions

1. What magazine does Reverend Weeb routinely warn his congregation about reading?

2. When Decker and Skink decide to leave town, Skink notices that they are being followed. Who is following Decker and Skink?

3. Knowing that the police are looking for Decker, where do Decker and Skink ditch Decker's Plymouth?

4. As Weeb becomes desperate for money, what does he decide to show on his television program?

5. How many compartments does Dennis Gault's tackle box have?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Lanie share with the police in her statement?

2. Weeb refuses to cancel the fishing tournament even though the lake will not support bass. Why does Weeb refuse to cancel the tournament?

3. Why does Dickie Lockhart have a closed coffin at his funeral?

4. Describe Charles Weeb's boyhood, as revealed in his official church biography.

5. What is eerily familiar to Decker about the dead body that he finds on his way back to Hammond that reminds him of Ott Pickney?

6. Why do Tile and Garcia decide to arrange for a police escort to Lunker Lakes on the morning of the Lockhart tournament?

7. After returning to Miami, what does Decker want to tell Dennis Gault?

8. Why do the police officers not enter Decker's trailer in Miami when Decker is inside the trailer, but is being held prisoner?

9. When Lanie is being questioned by Tile and Decker, she admits lying to the police. Why does Lanie lie to the police?

10. At the New Orleans bass fishing tournament, what does the angler with the heaviest stringer receive?

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