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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. To whom is Dave referring when he mentions "a guy that looked like he escaped form a Popsicle wrapper"?
(a) Fitzpatrick.
(b) Baxter.
(c) Murphy.
(d) Starkweather.

2. What type of cigarette does the man in the raincoat smoke?
(a) Kool.
(b) Camel.
(c) Marlboro.
(d) Winston.

3. Who is the manager of the dance club where Dave goes in Chapter Five?
(a) Didi Gee.
(b) Sal Gallo.
(c) Mr. Rizzo.
(d) Jimmie.

4. When Dave leaves Annie on his houseboat in Chapter Six, where does he go and what does he do?
(a) Dave visits Captain Guidry for advice.
(b) Dave visits Cletus and ask him for help in getting Murphy.
(c) Dave goes to a bar near an amusement park to get drunk.
(d) Dave goes to the morgue for information about Fitzpatrick.

5. In Chapter Five, who believes that Dave is covering for Cletus?
(a) Captain Guidry.
(b) Sergant Motley.
(c) Fitzpatrick.
(d) Wineburger.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Dave drinking while he waits for Fitzpatrick to pick him up in Chapter Five?

2. Who or what are Papa Celestin and Sharky Bonnano that the author mentions in Chapter One?

3. Who is Nate Baxter?

4. Segura is spotted in what color and brand of car in Chapter Four?

5. In Chapter Seven, who is mentioned as having served as a Green Beret in Vietnam?

Short Essay Questions

1. Discuss Cletus' marital problems.

2. What does Didi Gee suggest the dead girl was doing before being killed?

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

4. What jobs did the Robicheaux brothers have in their youth?

5. Why is Dave suspicious of the Cataouatche Parish deputies who pull him over?

6. What clues make Dave suspicious of the Cataouatche Parish sheriff?

7. Describe Johnny Messina in Chapter One.

8. Why is Fitzpatrick angry with Dave in Chapter Five?

9. What does Dave do to convince Annie Ballard that he is a New Orleans's cop?

10. What does Cletus do that escalates the situation with Segura in Chapter Four?

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