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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. In Chapter 12, where does Dave discover the location of the warehouse?
2. What is Cletus doing when Dave stops by his house for a visit?
3. What did a journalist nickname General Abshire in 1966?
4. What does Cletus' sun porch resemble?
5. Beauvoir is referred to as what in Chapter Ten?
Short Essay Questions
1. In Chapter Ten, Dave contemplates how he is not making much of a difference in the world. His brother Jimmie understands that and puts his energy into what pursuits?
2. Describe the incident Dave's platoon had with the Water Buffalo in Vietnam.
3. What does the reader find out about General Abshire in Chapter Eight?
4. Why is Didi Gee upset in Chapter Ten?
5. What does Dave do before asking Andres questions, and why?
6. In Chapter Eleven, Dave tells Annie that he has to hurt her. How does he hurt her?
7. As Dave sits in jail without enough money for bail, he thinks it is perhaps the lowest morning of his life with the exception of what incident?
8. What happens to Andres after Dave leaves him in police custody?
9. Where is Didi Gee's office located, and what type of businesses are run from there?
10. What does Dave tell Captain Guidry about Cletus in Chapter Eleven?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the incident in Chapter 10 in which Dave concludes that the evil of the Nazis "was held in check by the family who sacrificed their lives so their youngest member could live." What relevance does this tale have to the book?
Essay Topic 2
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.
Essay Topic 3
In the Epilogue, the reader learns that Dave is reinstated but decides to resign. In your opinion, what are Dave's reasons for resigning? As "The Neon Rain" is the first in the Dave Robicheaux series, what do you predict the second book will do with Dave's situation as a retired cop?
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