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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. Where did Dave get his .45 automatic?

2. How many Southern Myths does Dave come up with in Chapter Three?

3. On what street is Jimmie's restaurant located?

4. Who owns a winter home in Hallendale, Florida?

5. In Chapter One, it is said that the gambler's greatest desire would do what?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Julio Segura in Chapter Two.

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

3. Dave sometimes thinks of whom as his "father's misplaced seed"?

4. What happens when Dave is fishing on Bayou Lafourche in Cataouatche Parish?

5. What does Cletus do that escalates the situation with Segura in Chapter Four?

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

7. What types of pistols does Dave own?

8. Describe Cletus Purcel.

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

10. What concoction does Bobby Joe feed to Dave in Chapter Seven, and why?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In Chapter 11, Captain Guidry mentions "hubris" as "that word they use when they're talking about characters in Shakespeare's plays." Hubris is similar to pride. Research and write about the origin of "hubris." Is the term the same as or slightly different from pride? Why does the author choose to mention this in this book? How does it apply?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

In Chapter 3, three bad guys break into Annie's house, terrorizing her and Dave in order to get answers from Dave. The reader learns the names of two of the men, Bobby Joe and Erik, but the third is only called "the man in the raincoat." Why is the reader not provided with a name for this man, the leader of the trio? Are there are other differences between "the man in the raincoat" and the other two men? Explain the significance of the omission of a name as well as other differences.

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