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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. According to Dave, law enforcement in South Florida is the equivalent of what?

2. How long has Captain Guidry worked as a cop?

3. In what area of New Orleans does General Abshire live?

4. Who says, "Loving a girl should include making her miserable"?

5. Who tells Dave that he could have bonded him out in fifteen minutes?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter Eleven, Dave tells Annie that he has to hurt her. How does he hurt her?

2. What happens with Dave's job when he is reinstated?

3. What does the reader find out about General Abshire in Chapter Eight?

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

5. Why is Didi Gee upset in Chapter Ten?

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

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

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

9. Why does Didi Gee want Jimmie dead?

10. What is in the Gulf, south of Morgan City?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss Dave's observation that "when these guys ceased to fill a need for somebody else, they would be taken off the board."

Essay Topic 2

"The Neon Rain" begins when Dave Robicheaux visits Angola penitentiary. The person he visits is hours away from execution, and there are groups both for and against his execution at the gate. Discuss what feelings or opinions Dave has about the death penalty in general and the man who is being executed.

Essay Topic 3

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

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