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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. Decker is the second person that Dennis tries to hire to investigate Dickie's cheating. Who was hired before Decker?

2. What does Catherine sometimes call Decker instead of R.J.?

3. According to Decker, what is the best indicator of a person's true identity?

4. 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?

5. When Decker first sees Skink, what is Skink holding?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Jim Tile think will happen if Tile, Decker, and Skink report Pickney's body to the authorities?

2. Why does Decker accept the case regarding cheating at the fishing tournaments?

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

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

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

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

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

8. 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?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Reverend Weeb wears different masks in the story. Both a Christian leader and a cheat, Weeb is a study in contradictions. Identify, then compare and contrast the different sides of the reverend. How would his plan for establishing Lunker Lakes have been affected had he not been a successful at deceiving those around him? Why is it necessary for Weeb to wear different masks? Could he have been successful in launching Lunker Lakes without being deceptive? Why or why not?

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

Bobby Clinch and Ott Pickney can be seen as kindred spirits. Although they are not quite the same, they share a number of similarities. Identify and describe these similarities. Then, based on your discussion of their similarities, identify the ways in which these two men's similarities facilitate the plot's development and moves the story forward.

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