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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. As Chapter Eight ends, what color are the palm trees against the sky?
(a) Purple.
(b) Green.
(c) Red.
(d) Yellow.

2. During surgery, the polyps inside Didi Gee were as large as what?
(a) Quarters.
(b) Didi Gee's fist.
(c) Ducks' eggs.
(d) Baseballs.

3. Where does Cletus talk about going for his upcoming vacation?
(a) Texas.
(b) New York.
(c) Florida.
(d) Colorado.

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

5. What does Dave prepare to eat before visiting Annie and the Times-Picayune in Chapter Eight?
(a) Poor-boy sandwich.
(b) Cereal.
(c) Peanut butter sandwich.
(d) Gumbo.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Jimmie communicate with Dave from the hospital bed?

2. Who reveals that Philip Murphy is a morphine addict?

3. What does Dave suggest to the General that he should read?

4. 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?

5. What drink does Dave miss from his childhood?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is known about the contract killer?

2. Dave confronts Philip Murphy and plans to take him back to New Orleans. What is the outcome of this?

3. When Dave first begins tailing Cletus, he notices that Cletus is hung over and apparently has a real problem with alcohol. What does Dave predict for Cletus's day?

4. What was Dave's father's feelings about guns?

5. What does Dave tell Captain Guidry about Cletus in Chapter Eleven?

6. Andres is brought to Dave's houseboat in Chapter Nine by Didi Gee's men. Where has Dave seen Andres before?

7. What does Dave do with the the glass from which the Nicaraguan is drinking, and why?

8. In Chapter Eleven, Dave tells Annie that he has to hurt her. How does he hurt her?

9. Why is Didi Gee upset in Chapter Ten?

10. In Chapter Ten, Dave contemplates how he is not making much of a difference in the world. His brother Jimmie understands that and puts his energy into what pursuits?

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