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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 bails Dave out of jail?
(a) Cletus.
(b) Captain Guidry.
(c) Annie.
(d) Jimmie.

2. Who says, "I worry about stuff all the time I don't have control over"?
(a) Dave.
(b) Nate Baxter.
(c) Jimmie.
(d) Didi Gee.

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

4. Where did Dave learn to box?
(a) New Iberia High.
(b) Lafayette College.
(c) Vietnam.
(d) Eddy.

5. What does Dave read while waiting for the valet at the Gulf Shores restaurant?
(a) "A Passage to India."
(b) "A Farewell to Arms."
(c) "To Kill a Mockingbird."
(d) "A History of the South."

Short Answer Questions

1. Who says, "In a few more weeks we're going to be stringing some green trout"?

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

3. For whom does Dave suggest setting high bond when talking with Captain Guidry?

4. Where does Didi Gee talks about moving?

5. Who is described in Chapter Twelve as a "leviathan surfacing from the depths"?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. In Chapter Nine, Dave finally confronts Cletus about turning into a bad cop. How does Cletus respond?

3. What is in the Gulf, south of Morgan City?

4. 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?

5. Why is Didi Gee upset in Chapter Ten?

6. What does Annie do and feel when she wakes up to find Dave has gone following their first night together?

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

8. In Chapter Eight, when Dave sees Annie's date for the evening, what does he do?

9. What happens to Andres after Dave leaves him in police custody?

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

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