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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Dave, what is a busthead boilermaker?
(a) Jim Beam straight up with tequila chasers.
(b) Beer and tequila.
(c) Vodka shots.
(d) Jack Daniels and draft beer.

2. What is myth number two?
(a) Johnny Cash did time in Folsom Prison.
(b) Warren Harding was part African American.
(c) There is a Nazi submarine off Grand Island.
(d) John Calvin was the inventor of Southern Myth.

3. What name do the three men in Chapter Three call Dave?
(a) Redneck.
(b) Cop.
(c) Pig.
(d) Biscuit-eater.

4. Who is Gail Lopez?
(a) Segura's girlfriend.
(b) A member of Annie's quartet.
(c) A Mexican dancer who might be a witness.
(d) A cop at the First District.

5. In Chapter Seven, what lesson does Dave recall from Vietnam?
(a) Do not go anywhere without a gun.
(b) Do not shoot until you see the whites of their eyes.
(c) Never trust authority.
(d) Never trust anyone.

6. To whom does Dave initially go for information about finding Bobby Joe Starkweather?
(a) Wesley Potts.
(b) Didi Gee.
(c) Segura's driver.
(d) Jimmie.

7. In what neighborhood does Annie live?
(a) French Quarter.
(b) Garden District.
(c) Audubon Park.
(d) West Bank.

8. Who says, "Most people just roll over when violence comes into their lives"?
(a) Man in the raincoat.
(b) Annie.
(c) Dave.
(d) Captain Guidry.

9. What kind of beer is advertised on the restaurant on stilts where Dave and the woman stop in Chapter Two?
(a) Pabst.
(b) Jax.
(c) Schlitz.
(d) Budweiser.

10. Where did Dave get his .45 automatic?
(a) New Iberia.
(b) Saigon.
(c) New Orleans.
(d) Da Nang.

11. What does Dave do with the two guns from the deputies who stop him?
(a) He keeps the guns.
(b) He throws the guns into the woods.
(c) He tosses the guns in their car.
(d) He throws the guns into the lake.

12. How many Southern Myths does Dave come up with in Chapter Three?
(a) Five.
(b) Seven.
(c) Ten.
(d) Eight.

13. Who drops a tropical drink into Segura's lap?
(a) Dave.
(b) Cletus.
(c) Didi Gee.
(d) Guidry.

14. What is Dave first answer when Annie asks him what is wrong in Chapter Six?
(a) Suspension.
(b) Hangover.
(c) Grief over Fitzpatrick's death.
(d) Malaria.

15. Who is referred to as a heavy-metal cat?
(a) Julio Segura.
(b) Didi Gee.
(c) Dave Robicheaux.
(d) Bobby Jo.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Dave, where does Didi Gee have lunch every Tuesday?

2. What Treasury Agent visits Dave at his houseboat?

3. Where did Dave grow up?

4. With whom is Dave drinking at the beginning of Chapter Seven?

5. In Chapter One, it is said that the gambler's greatest desire would do what?

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