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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. How many men surprise Pickney as Pickney is looking at the console from Bobby's boat?

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

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

4. According to Pickney's educated guess, about how much does Bobby's tackle box weigh?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. According to Lanie Gault, what made Bobby Clinch different from all the other fishermen at the bass tournaments?

3. In Weeb's mind, what is the difference between a canal and a lake?

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

5. Why did Decker quit doing photography as a living?

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

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

8. As Decker returns to Skink's house after Bobby's funeral, why does Decker honk his horn twice?

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

10. Why does Decker leave his first profession out of high school and accept a job at a local newspaper?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast R.J Decker and Skink.

a. How are the two characters similar in terms of their professional lives? How are they different?

b. How are the two characters similar in their personality characteristics, strengths, and weaknesses? How are they different?

c. Looking forward, how might catching the cheating fisherman have affected each of these men as they moved forward with their lives? Would they be similarly affected or not? Explain your answers and your reasoning.

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

Compare and contrast Reverend Weeb and Clinton Tyree.

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

b. What is revealed about each character as their back stories are explained? Discuss how money affects both of these characters.

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