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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. Who recorded the song to which Dave listens with the lyrics: "Dig my grave with a silver spade. And see that my grave is kept clean. Oh dear Lord, lower me down on golden chain"?
(a) Blind Lemon Jefferson.
(b) Louis Armstrong.
(c) Billie Holiday.
(d) Leadbelly.

2. What did a journalist nickname General Abshire in 1966?
(a) Leatherface.
(b) The Happy Warrior.
(c) Ironguts.
(d) Mr. Westpoint.

3. Who says, "We use them. They use us. It keeps everyone in business"?
(a) Dave.
(b) Didi Gee.
(c) Cletus.
(d) Jimmie.

4. In Chapter Eight, the two boys from Dave's platoon who died were from where?
(a) Lafayette, Louisiana.
(b) Macon, Georgia.
(c) Conroe, Texas.
(d) Birmingham, Alabama.

5. From where is the postcard that Dave receives from Cletus mailed?
(a) Brazil.
(b) Guatemala.
(c) Nicaragua.
(d) Honduras.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Dave, law enforcement in South Florida is the equivalent of what?

2. How old was Annie when she was pregnant?

3. Whom does Dave first contact about bringing in one of the men who killed Fitzpatrick?

4. In what type of car does Andres arrive at Dave's houseboat?

5. Where is Dave's morning AA meeting located in Chapter Ten?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is known about the contract killer?

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

4. Why does Dave return to the Picayune's morgue in Chapter Twelve?

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

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

7. Dave confronts Cletus one last time in Chapter Eleven. What does he tell Cletus he can do?

8. What does the reader find out about General Abshire in Chapter Eight?

9. As Dave sits in jail without enough money for bail, he thinks it is perhaps the lowest morning of his life with the exception of what incident?

10. What clue does Andres give Dave about weapons?

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