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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Beauvoir is referred to as what in Chapter Ten?
(a) A town on the Gulf Coast.
(b) A street in Biloxi.
(c) A waiter at the restaurant.
(d) Jefferson Davis' home.

4. Who says, "In a few more weeks we're going to be stringing some green trout"?
(a) Dave.
(b) Captain Guidry.
(c) Annie.
(d) Cletus.

5. In Chapter Eight, the two boys from Dave's platoon who died were from where?
(a) Macon, Georgia.
(b) Conroe, Texas.
(c) Lafayette, Louisiana.
(d) Birmingham, Alabama.

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

7. 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) Annie Ballard.
(b) Jerome Abshire.
(c) Cletus Purcel.
(d) Didi Gee.

8. What does Dave suggest to the General that he should read?
(a) The Bible.
(b) "A Thousand Days."
(c) "A Passage to India."
(d) Saint John of the Cross.

9. Who approaches Dave in Jackson Square about meeting with Didi Gee?
(a) Joe Milazzo.
(b) Mario Cannella.
(c) Jimmie.
(d) Frank Giacano.

10. What does Cletus wear to the station on his day off in Chapter Nine"
(a) Jeans and an Izod shirt.
(b) A cut-off LSU shirt and Budweiser shorts.
(c) A suit.
(d) A Mardi Grass shirt and sweat pants.

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

12. Who does Dave know that lives near St. Mary's Dominican College?
(a) Jimmie.
(b) Cletus.
(c) Sergeant Motley.
(d) Captain Guidry.

13. Who says, "You must get up in the morning and brush your teeth in the toilet"?
(a) Fitzpatrick's superviser.
(b) Cletus.
(c) Wineburger.
(d) Baxter.

14. In Chapter 12, where does Dave discover the location of the warehouse?
(a) Times-Picayune newspaper.
(b) Police reports.
(c) Information from a snitch.
(d) Jefferson Parish Courthouse.

15. Who says, "It's going to rain frogs" at the end of Chapter Twelve?
(a) Dave.
(b) Captain Guidry.
(c) General Abshire.
(d) An elderly woman on the streetcar.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who says, "Loving a girl should include making her miserable"?

2. Who says, "We use them. They use us. It keeps everyone in business"?

3. What is the isolation unit at the jail nicknamed?

4. Whom does Dave observe watching his houseboat before driving away in a gunmetal gray Chrysler?

5. Where did Dave learn to box?

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