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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. Where do Dave and Cletus share a pizza in Chapter Four?
(a) Jackson Square.
(b) Dave's houseboat.
(c) St. Louis Park.
(d) French Quarter.

2. With whom is Dave drinking at the beginning of Chapter Seven?
(a) His brother and Didi Gee.
(b) He is drinking alone.
(c) Cletus.
(d) Circus people from Sarasota.

3. What does Dave suggest to Segura in order to worry him in Chapter Two?
(a) That the IRS is checking his returns.
(b) That they are closing down his prostitution ring.
(c) That they are contacting the FBI.
(d) That the police will be watching.

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

5. What does Annie Ballard do for a living?
(a) She is a cello player.
(b) She is a lawyer.
(c) She is a social worker.
(d) She is a secretary.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Dave first answer when Annie asks him what is wrong in Chapter Six?

2. Who says, "I haven't had my rabies shots," when Murphy offers his hamburger?

3. Where did Dave grow up?

4. What Treasury Agent visits Dave at his houseboat?

5. What color are Annie's eyes?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Dave learn in Chapter Five that is related to the execution of Johnny Messina.

2. What types of pistols does Dave own?

3. What does Dave learn about the woman who, according to Fitzpatrick, is a possible witness?

4. Where, and with whom, does Dave greet the dawn at the beginning of Chapter Seven?

5. How does Cletus respond when Dave confronts him about provoking the situation with Segura and his man?

6. What is Fitzpatrick's theory about what Segura is doing?

7. When and how does the reader first find out about Dave's time in Vietnam?

8. About what does Dave bait Murphy in the beginning of Chapter Seven that elicits a reaction from Murphy?

9. Dave sometimes thinks of whom as his "father's misplaced seed"?

10. Describe Johnny Messina in Chapter One.

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