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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. What does Dave do with the two guns from the deputies who stop him?
(a) He throws the guns into the woods.
(b) He throws the guns into the lake.
(c) He tosses the guns in their car.
(d) He keeps the guns.

2. Whom does Dave question at headquarters about the dead girl?
(a) Cletus.
(b) Sergeant Motley.
(c) Lieutenant Mack.
(d) Captain Guidry.

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

4. Who is Jimmie?
(a) Dave's half-brother.
(b) Annie's neighor.
(c) Someone Dave knows from police work.
(d) One of Segura's men.

5. In what neighborhood does Annie live?
(a) Audubon Park.
(b) French Quarter.
(c) West Bank.
(d) Garden District.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Dave go to hear Annie's string quarter play?

2. What kind of gun is Cletus using in Chapter Four?

3. What happens when Bobby Joe forces the mixture down Dave's throat in Chapter Six?

4. Who drops a tropical drink into Segura's lap?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Dave learn about Bobby Joe Starkweather from Wesley Potts?

3. Discuss Cletus' marital problems.

4. Describe Sam Fitzpatrick as seen in Chapter Three?

5. Describe Cletus Purcel.

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

7. Describe Johnny Messina in Chapter One.

8. What concoction does Bobby Joe feed to Dave in Chapter Seven, and why?

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

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

(see the answer keys)

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