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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. From where is the postcard that Dave receives from Cletus mailed?

2. What mark is on Dave's stomach?

3. Who says, "We use them. They use us. It keeps everyone in business"?

4. In Chapter Ten, Dave recalls a small plane with a family hitting a headwind and crashing into the Gulf. From where was the small plane?

5. What did Dave's father give him when he went away to college?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

2. What was Dave's father's feelings about guns?

3. 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?

4. In Chapter Ten, Dave meets Didi Gee at a restaurant. Describe the restaurant.

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

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

7. Why is Didi Gee upset in Chapter Ten?

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

9. 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?

10. What clue does Andres give Dave about weapons?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The character Dave appears to an honest man who tries to be fair in Chapter 1. He treats Johnny Messina with respect, and he worries about a case outside of his jurisdiction when the sheriff does not order an autopsy. Yet Dave pulls out a five-inch Puma pocket knife that "could fillet bass like a barber's razor" in order to intimidate Wesley Potts. Is Dave still a good, honest cop? Does he have a different sense of what is right and fair froom other people might have? Explain your answer.

Essay Topic 2

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.

Essay Topic 3

After Dave is thrown into the drunk tank, he is offered alcohol twice: once by a fellow prisoner and once by Annie. Dave turns them both down. Discuss the significance of his actions.

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