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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. Dave confesses to whom about having killed Philip Murphy?

2. When Dave has his first visit with Annie after the shooting, she looks like what to him?

3. What does Dave prepare to eat before visiting Annie and the Times-Picayune in Chapter Eight?

4. With what group does Andres say he served in Nicaragua for seven years?

5. Didi Gee wants Philip Murphy out of the way because he is "screwing up some things" in what location?

Short Essay Questions

1. What clue does Andres give Dave about weapons?

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

3. In Chapter Twelve, Dave says that he is caught in the lens. What does he mean by this?

4. What does Dave tell Captain Guidry about Cletus in Chapter Eleven?

5. What does the word "Pinkville" mean to Dave?

6. What happens when the Biloxi cops go to Murphy's house to search for his dead body?

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

8. Where is Didi Gee's office located, and what type of businesses are run from there?

9. What does Dave do before asking Andres questions, and why?

10. When Dave first begins tailing Cletus, he notices that Cletus is hung over and apparently has a real problem with alcohol. What does Dave predict for Cletus's day?

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

In Chapter 4, Fitzpatrick points out immigrants from Central America, both legal and illegal. Compare and contrast the attitudes or feelings about immigration from these four characters: Fitzpatrick, Didi Gee, Cletus, and Dave.

Essay Topic 3

Referring to the four Cajun tales from Chapter 7 which Dave remembers hearing from his father, describe how they qualify as lessons by which to live one's life.

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