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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Dave, law enforcement in South Florida is the equivalent of what?
(a) The Mickey Mouse show.
(b) Miami Vice.
(c) Louisiana swamps.
(d) La Brea Tar Pits East.

2. When Dave has his first visit with Annie after the shooting, she looks like what to him?
(a) A young girl.
(b) A woman that would break his heart.
(c) A flower child.
(d) An innocent.

3. What did a journalist nickname General Abshire in 1966?
(a) Leatherface.
(b) Ironguts.
(c) The Happy Warrior.
(d) Mr. Westpoint.

4. What does Dave serve Andres to drink?
(a) Water.
(b) Dr. Pepper.
(c) Bacardi.
(d) Jim Beam.

5. From what era are the homes in the Garden District described in Chapter Eight?
(a) 1900s.
(b) 1820s.
(c) 1880s.
(d) 1850s.

6. In Chapter Ten, Dave recalls a small plane with a family hitting a headwind and crashing into the Gulf. From where was the small plane?
(a) Mobile.
(b) Shreveport.
(c) Tampa.
(d) Galveston.

7. Who tells Dave that Dave believes in the world that should be instead of the one that exists?
(a) Cletus.
(b) Fitzpatrick's supervisor.
(c) Baxter.
(d) Jimmie.

8. Who bails Dave out of jail?
(a) Annie.
(b) Jimmie.
(c) Captain Guidry.
(d) Cletus.

9. Where did Dave learn to box?
(a) Vietnam.
(b) Lafayette College.
(c) New Iberia High.
(d) Eddy.

10. When Dave tails Cletus, where does he see Cletus go both at the beginning and end of his shift?
(a) The bus station.
(b) To pick up a prostitute.
(c) To a warehouse.
(d) A bar.

11. Dave realizes that his brother had been trying to trace initials on his chest on that day in the hospital after Jimmie's first surgery. Whose initials did Jimmie trace?
(a) Cletus Purcel.
(b) Didi Gee.
(c) Annie Ballard.
(d) Jerome Abshire.

12. Why is Andres' left hand bandaged?
(a) It was put in a vise.
(b) No one knows.
(c) His fingers were broken.
(d) It was in a tank with piranha.

13. Where is the location of Jimmie's shooting?
(a) Jackson Square.
(b) Public restroom.
(c) At the Cafe du Monde.
(d) One of his restaurants.

14. How old was Annie when she was pregnant?
(a) Sixteen.
(b) Seventeen.
(c) Twenty.
(d) Eighteen.

15. Who reveals that Philip Murphy is a morphine addict?
(a) Jaime.
(b) Cletus.
(c) Bobby Joe.
(d) Andres.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Andres forced to drink in Nicaragua?

2. As Chapter Eight ends, what color are the palm trees against the sky?

3. When Dave visits Jimmie in the hospital after his trip to Biloxi, it appears to Dave that Jimmie's hands and face are painted with what?

4. How does the surgeon describe his surgery on Jimmie in Chapter Twelve?

5. With what group does Andres say he served in Nicaragua for seven years?

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