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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Alafair say about her upbringing?
(a) It was priviledged compared to most children in her country.
(b) It is brutal growing up in war-torn Central America.
(c) It is poor but her mother loved her.
(d) She does not remember much.

2. Where are Dave and Annie at the opening of the novel?
(a) In Galveston, Texas.
(b) In the Gulf off Tampa Bay.
(c) In the Southwest United States near the Mexican border.
(d) Off Southwest pass in New Iberia, Louisiana.

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

4. Why do Annie and Dave go to the Catholic church?
(a) To help Alice find closure.
(b) To help Susan find closure.
(c) To adopt the girl according to church canon.
(d) To help Alafair find closure.

5. Who is Robin Gaddis?
(a) An undercover police woman.
(b) Annie's best friend.
(c) Jerry's wife.
(d) A stripper for the bar.

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

7. How does Dave's employment end with the police department?
(a) He is laid off with a reduction in force.
(b) He retires after 35 years of service.
(c) He is indicted for graft.
(d) With a violent shootout.

8. What does Dave spy in the plane?
(a) A M-16.
(b) An AK-47.
(c) A bale of marijuana.
(d) A young girl.

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

10. What does Bubba say about Dave's beating?
(a) He says he had to order the beating or he would have been beaten also.
(b) He had nothing to do with it.
(c) He says Dave deserves the beating for not minding his own business.
(d) He is not surprised given who is involved with the plane crash.

11. What do Dave and Annie explain to their new daughter?
(a) That she will be put up for adoption.
(b) That her father will be coming for her soon.
(c) That her mother has died.
(d) That her mother will be gone for a while.

12. To whom does Dave hand the girl?
(a) One of the male passengers.
(b) Annie.
(c) One of the Coast Guard members.
(d) One of the female passengers.

13. Who is Jerry Falgout?
(a) Annie's brother.
(b) One of the men in the vehicle that was parked down the street.
(c) The barkeeper.
(d) Dave's friend on the police force.

14. What does Dave don?
(a) His swim suit.
(b) A life vest.
(c) Scuba equipment.
(d) A flack vest.

15. What happens when Dave turns his back on a man he is helping?
(a) The man slips under the water and drowns.
(b) The man hits him with a bottle.
(c) The man stabs Dave.
(d) Nothing.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many passengers are in the plane?

2. Who did Claudette once date?

3. How might Dave and Bubba's relationship be characterized?

4. What is the tattoo on one man's chest?

5. Upon whom does Dave reflect while at church?

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