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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 does Dave learn about Keats from Dautrieve?
(a) That Keats has been murdered in a hit-style execution.
(b) That his mother lives down the street from Dave.
(c) Where to find him.
(d) His connections to the underworld.

2. Why is the sheriff angry with Dave?
(a) He is not angry.
(b) Because he has tried to intimidate the wrong people.
(c) Because he does not answer his radio.
(d) Because he drove out of his patrol area.

3. How does Cecil come to regard Dave?
(a) With respect.
(b) With indifference.
(c) With awe.
(d) With contempt.

4. Why does Claudette get angry?
(a) Dave rejects her proposition.
(b) Dave won't speak to her.
(c) Dave insults her.
(d) Dave tells her he is tailing her.

5. What does Dave learn about Claudette from Dautrieve?
(a) That she has moved to Florida for sure.
(b) That she has a sister who is a Catholic nun at the school where Alafair is attending.
(c) That she is bisexual and connected with various figures in the world of crime.
(d) That she has been murdered in a hit-style execution.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Dave see when he is wandering around outside?

2. How is Dave in the week after Annie is buried?

3. What does Dave contemplate?

4. What occurs in New Iberia a few days after Annie and Dave meet Claudette?

5. What does Claudette say about her car?

Short Essay Questions

1. When Dave calls Dautrieve, what does Dave learn?

2. What is the consequence of Claudette's visit?

3. What does Romero tell Dave when he calls Dave and what is Dave's reaction?

4. Describe the confrontation between Dave and Romero.

5. Describe Victor Romero.

6. What murder scene does Dave investigate?

7. What happens that Dave is able to start his new job?

8. What is the ongoing argument between Annie and Dave and what does Dave try to do to please Annie about the issue?

9. Who does Dave go to see after Annie is buried and what happens?

10. Why is Dave's new boss angry and what does the boss do as a consequence?

(see the answer keys)

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