2. Who is Melancon?
(a) The pilot of the plane.
(b) The man with the snake tattoo.
(c) The girl's uncle.
(d) The man with the Dragon tattoo.

3. 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 slow time in responding.
(d) For their secrecy.

4. What does David do when he sees the car?
(a) Calls the police.
(b) Gets his gun.
(c) Leaves out the back door.
(d) Approaches the car.

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

6. What does Dautrieve suggest to Dave?
(a) That the DEA and Immigration and Naturalization Service are aware of the plane crash.
(b) That Dave and Annie are hiding something.
(c) That the DEA has a stoolie.
(d) That Dave is in over his head.

7. Who is Eddie Keats?
(a) A New Orleans detective.
(b) An INS agent.
(c) Probably one of the men watching Dave's house.
(d) Dautrieve's partner.

8. Who did Claudette once date?
(a) Dave's cousin.
(b) Dave.
(c) No one Dave knows.
(d) Dave's brother.

9. What does the DEA know about the INS' involvement in this case?
(a) That the INS had an agent on board the plane that crashes.
(b) That the INS has been watching these people for months.
(c) That the INS suspects a ring of immigrant smugglers.
(d) Nothing.

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

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

12. Who is Alafair?
(a) The name Dave and Annie name their new daughter.
(b) Dave's grandmother's maiden name.
(c) Dave's great aunt.
(d) A dog Dave used to have.

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

14. Why does Dave ask for assistance?
(a) To spirit his new daughter out of the country.
(b) To learn Spanish.
(c) To learn how to adopt this new daughter legally.
(d) To hold a family conversation.

15. What are Dave and Annie doing?
(a) Collecting oysters.
(b) Fishing and shrimping.
(c) Scuba diving.
(d) In a sailing competition.