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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 is Dave's punishment after he is accused of getting drunk and killing Fitzpatrick in the car accident?

2. What kind of gun is Cletus using in Chapter Four?

3. What name do the three men in Chapter Three call Dave?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe Sam Fitzpatrick as seen in Chapter Three?

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

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

5. What types of pistols does Dave own?

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

7. In Chapter Two, what is it about the dead girl that makes Dave suspicious?

8. What does Didi Gee suggest the dead girl was doing before being killed?

9. Discuss Cletus' marital problems.

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In Chapter 2, the reader is introduced to Annie Ballard. Describe what you know about her, what you suspect, and what role you believe she will play in "The Neon Rain."

Essay Topic 2

Compare the challenges Dave faces with sobriety with those challenges he faces with alcoholism.

Essay Topic 3

Write about other meanings, besides the obvious physical one, that this statement at the end of Chapter 5 might have: "Then my trio of friends squeezed the remaining air out of my chest, the blood out of my ear, the light from my eyes."

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