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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. What did a journalist nickname General Abshire in 1966?
2. Dave realizes that his brother had been trying to trace initials on his chest on that day in the hospital after Jimmie's first surgery. Whose initials did Jimmie trace?
3. Who tells Dave that Dave believes in the world that should be instead of the one that exists?
4. Dave takes two weeks of vacation with Annie. Where do they go?
5. What does Dave serve Andres to drink?
Short Essay Questions
1. Dave confronts Philip Murphy and plans to take him back to New Orleans. What is the outcome of this?
2. What happens to Andres after Dave leaves him in police custody?
3. 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?
4. Andres is brought to Dave's houseboat in Chapter Nine by Didi Gee's men. Where has Dave seen Andres before?
5. In Chapter Ten, Dave meets Didi Gee at a restaurant. Describe the restaurant.
6. Where is Didi Gee's office located, and what type of businesses are run from there?
7. What is in the Gulf, south of Morgan City?
8. Why is Didi Gee upset in Chapter Ten?
9. In Chapter Eleven, Dave tells Annie that he has to hurt her. How does he hurt her?
10. Dave confronts Cletus one last time in Chapter Eleven. What does he tell Cletus he can do?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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.
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
Discuss Dave's relationship with his father and his current feelings about the man. What impact does Dave's father have on him?
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