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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 does Dave find Bobby Joe Starkweather in Chapter Seven?
(a) In a warehouse.
(b) In Pott's adult theatre.
(c) On his houseboat.
(d) In a pig pen.

2. Whom does Johnny describe as a "mummy wrapped in black rags"?
(a) Didoni Giacano.
(b) Jimmy Robicheaux.
(c) Mama Giacanao.
(d) Wesley Potts.

3. 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.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Rumor has it that who owns an aquarium filled with piranha?

2. To whom does Dave initially go for information about finding Bobby Joe Starkweather?

3. Who is Jimmie?

4. What Treasury Agent visits Dave at his houseboat?

5. What name do the three men in Chapter Three call Dave?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Describe Julio Segura in Chapter Two.

4. What types of pistols does Dave own?

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

6. What happens when Dave is fishing on Bayou Lafourche in Cataouatche Parish?

7. Why does Johnny, a criminal, want to give Dave, a cop, information? What information does he give him?

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

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

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

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