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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Dave go after talking with Batist?
(a) To help a stranger with his boat.
(b) To talk with a DEA agent.
(c) To take Annie and Alafair to his mother's house in Tupelo.
(d) To see his detective friend.

2. For what does Dave rail against law enforcement?
(a) For being restrained by the law itself.
(b) For their uneven enforcement of laws.
(c) For their secrecy.
(d) For their slow time in responding.

3. What is Annie doing on the boat when Dave spots a plane?
(a) Making lunch.
(b) Reeling in a fish.
(c) Changing the oil on the engine.
(d) Cooking breakfast.

4. What happens to Jerry years earlier?
(a) He is arrested.
(b) He disappears for years.
(c) He was shot by a burglar.
(d) He immigrated from Russia.

5. What is the tattoo on one man's chest?
(a) A green and red dragon.
(b) A green and red snake.
(c) A rattlesnake.
(d) A grey whale.

6. What does Jerry deny?
(a) Giving Robin's actual name.
(b) Knowing Keats is involved or anything about Romero.
(c) Knowing anything would happen to Robin.
(d) Talking to Toots.

7. What does their new daughter do at the church?
(a) Plays the organ.
(b) Talks to a priest.
(c) Talks to a nun.
(d) Lights a candle.

8. Why does Dave decide to give up pursuit of any further investigation into the plane crash incident?
(a) Because Annie requests it of him.
(b) He does not give up pursuit.
(c) To pursue his new business.
(d) To protect Annie and their new daughter.

9. From where is Annie?
(a) North Dakota.
(b) California.
(c) Florida.
(d) Kansas.

10. With what police department did Dave used to work?
(a) New Orleans.
(b) Birmingham.
(c) Mobile.
(d) Baton Rouge.

11. In what war did Dave serve?
(a) Vietnam.
(b) Korea.
(c) WWII.
(d) Desert Storm.

12. What do Dave and Annie claim?
(a) That the girl is their niece.
(b) That they are babysitting the girl.
(c) That they found the girl.
(d) That the girl is their daughter.

13. Who does Dave suspect his assailant is?
(a) Bubba.
(b) Eddie Keats.
(c) He has no idea.
(d) A hired mobster hit man.

14. What is the man's name?
(a) Toots.
(b) Trench.
(c) Boots.
(d) Mack.

15. What does Annie beg of Dave?
(a) To re-join the police force so he can legally pursue the men.
(b) To leave the situation alone.
(c) To take her and Alafair out of the country for a while.
(d) To go to the FBI.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is Robin punished?

2. For whom does Keats occasionally work?

3. What does Dautrieve suggest to Dave?

4. Why does Jerry rat on Robin?

5. Where are Dave and Annie at the opening of the novel?

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