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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. After walking away from his elected office, where did Clinton Tyree settle down?

2. Who is Dickie Lockhart's competition for television bass fishing supremacy?

3. After Decker and Skink leave Tile's car and begin heading through the woods, they are shot at. What kind of gun is used to fire upon Decker and Skink?

4. Who tries to call Decker while Decker is out fishing with Skink?

5. When the men on the fishing boat don't turn around so Decker can get a good picture of their faces, what does Skink do?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. When Decker first sees the state trooper after arriving back in Harney, Decker notices something different about this trooper. What makes this trooper different from the others?

3. What does Decker like best about the car he drives?

4. What happens when the Harney Sentinel sends a reporter to do a story on Skink?

5. When Pickney asks Decker why he got a divorce, what does Decker say?

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

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

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

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

10. When Dickie goes to Weeb's hotel room in New Orleans, what is the rumor that Dickie has heard?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Identify the three main demands of Dickie Lockhart when he confronts Charles Weeb in Weeb's New Orleans hotel room. For each demand, tell Lockhart's reasoning behind the demand, what Lockhart hoped to accomplish through the demand, and the likelihood of the demand actually being met by Weeb.

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast R.J. Decker and Bobby Clink.

a. How are the two characters similar? How are they different?

b. Compare the role that justice plays in each of their lives. How is each character affected by the concept of justice - both positively and negatively?

Essay Topic 3

There is no doubt that Decker is greatly affected by the abduction of his ex-wife. Discuss how Catherine's abduction affects not only Decker's worldview, but his determination to pursue Catherine's abductor. How does Catherine's abduction affect Decker's mental state, his ability to reason, and his ability to continue on?

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