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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. How do Bubba and Dave deal with their respective professional activities?
(a) Ignore them.
(b) Agree to disagree.
(c) Discuss them openly.
(d) Compartmentalize them.

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

3. What does Annie tell Dave to do?
(a) Call his buddy on the police force.
(b) Take no further interest in the situation.
(c) Threaten the men.
(d) Follow the men.

4. Of what does the tattoo remind Dave?
(a) A picture he saw in a police blotter.
(b) Nothing.
(c) A tattoo he saw on an NBC special.
(d) Something from his wartime days.

5. What does Dave worry about for Robin?
(a) That she'll lose her job.
(b) That she will relate to Toots any contact she has with Dave.
(c) That she will disappear before he can question her again.
(d) Her safety.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to Jerry years earlier?

2. What language does the girl speak?

3. What does Dautrieve think Dave's best course of action is?

4. With what police department did Dave used to work?

5. Who is Eddie Keats?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Dave learn from Robin before she leaves town?

2. Who visits Dave at his home and what does Dave learn and why does he make another dive?

3. Describe Minos P. Dautrieve.

4. Describe Annie Robicheaux.

5. Why does Dave visit Robin?

6. What do Dave and Annie do with the young girl they name Alafair?

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

8. Who does Dave think about as he is sitting in church and what are his thoughts on the subject?

9. What happens to Dave in the bayou?

10. Who calls Dave and what does he want?

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