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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the Coast Guard divers find on the plane?
(a) A birth certificate.
(b) A doll.
(c) Child's luggage.
(d) Children's books.

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

3. What does Dautrieve ask of David?
(a) To call on him.
(b) To take him on a fishing trip.
(c) To meet him in New Orleans.
(d) To conduct surveillance on an abandoned tenement.

4. What does Dave conclude about the local sheriff?
(a) He is taking bribes.
(b) He is in with Toots.
(c) He does not believe Dave.
(d) He has no intention of doing anything about the beating.

5. What does Dave do when he returns home?
(a) Fights with Annie.
(b) Meets with his New Orleans detective friend.
(c) Plays with Alafair.
(d) Meets with Dautrieve.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Alafair?

2. How many men are in the car?

3. What happens to Jerry years earlier?

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

5. How does Dave seem to feel among the underworld elements of his city?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Dave conclude about the incident in the bayou?

2. What do Dave and Annie witness as they are about to have lunch?

3. Briefly describe Robin Gaddis.

4. Describe Dave's visit to Bubba.

5. What does Dave find out from Robin?

6. What are Dave and Annie doing when the novel opens?

7. Describe Minos P. Dautrieve.

8. What does Dave learn when he sees Dautrieve the day after the bayou incident?

9. Where do Dave and Annie go when they dock their boat?

10. Where does Dave go after a phone call from Batist?

(see the answer keys)

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