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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. What kind of suits does Jimmie wear?

2. How many men jump Dave on his houseboat in Chapter Five?

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

4. What does Dave do with the two guns from the deputies who stop him?

5. Whom does Dave question at headquarters about the dead girl?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where is Dave stationed?

2. Describe Sam Fitzpatrick as seen in Chapter Three?

3. About what does Dave bait Murphy in the beginning of Chapter Seven that elicits a reaction from Murphy?

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

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

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

7. How does Cletus respond when Dave confronts him about provoking the situation with Segura and his man?

8. Why is Fitzpatrick angry with Dave in Chapter Five?

9. What is Fitzpatrick's theory about what Segura is doing?

10. What does Dave learn about his partner from Julio Segura?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss Dave's relationship with his father and his current feelings about the man. What impact does Dave's father have on him?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

Due to the nature of the first person viewpoint, the reader knows what Dave thinks of his brother, Jimmie. What do you believe Jimmie thinks of and feels for his brother? Explain your answers.

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