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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. Whom does Dave first contact about bringing in one of the men who killed Fitzpatrick?

2. Dave confesses to whom about having killed Philip Murphy?

3. Who describes killing as "There's no rush in the world like it"?

4. What drink does Dave miss from his childhood?

5. Who was part of the Underground Railway?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Dave return to the Picayune's morgue in Chapter Twelve?

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

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

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

5. In Chapter Nine, Dave finally confronts Cletus about turning into a bad cop. How does Cletus respond?

6. 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?

7. Dave confronts Cletus one last time in Chapter Eleven. What does he tell Cletus he can do?

8. What does Dave do with the the glass from which the Nicaraguan is drinking, and why?

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

10. Andres is brought to Dave's houseboat in Chapter Nine by Didi Gee's men. Where has Dave seen Andres before?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

Write about the theme of good versus evil citing examples from this book.

Essay Topic 3

By Chapter 2, the reader is introduced to two police officers, one who currently works in vice, and the other who used to work there. According to Dave, things never went well when he "had to deal with the people in vice." Discuss the impression you get about the type of people who work in vice. Be sure to discuss both Sergeant Motley and Cletus Purcel.

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