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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. Beauvoir is referred to as what in Chapter Ten?

2. Where does Dave spend the night after first confronting the General?

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

4. When Dave visits Jimmie in the hospital after his trip to Biloxi, it appears to Dave that Jimmie's hands and face are painted with what?

5. On what street is Murphy's house located in Biloxi?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. 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?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the evidence that Dave finds at Starkweather's fish camp, and what he then suspects from that information. How does he come to his conclusions?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Due to the nature of the first person viewpoint, the reader knows what Dave thinks of his brother, Jimmie. What do you believe Jimmie thinks of and feels for his brother? Explain your answers.

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