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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who or what are Papa Celestin and Sharky Bonnano that the author mentions in Chapter One?

2. Who says that Bobby Joe is better off as sausage links?

3. What happened to the 17-year-old runaway in Dave's case file?

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

5. According to Potts, Segura's men once worked in what Latin American country?

Short Essay Questions

1. What piece of advice does Dave recall from his father in Chapter Seven?

2. What happens to Dave after he has been given the cocktail?

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

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

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

6. What does Dave learn in Chapter Five that is related to the execution of Johnny Messina.

7. What does Dave do to convince Annie Ballard that he is a New Orleans's cop?

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

9. Discuss Cletus' marital problems.

10. Describe Julio Segura in Chapter Two.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss Dave's observation that "when these guys ceased to fill a need for somebody else, they would be taken off the board."

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the effects of the Vietnam War on Dave personally. Be certain to address how it continues to affect his daily life.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the evidence that Dave finds at Starkweather's fish camp, and what he then suspects from that information. How does he come to his conclusions?

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