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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. Of what organization does Didi Gee want to be a member?
2. Dave confesses to whom about having killed Philip Murphy?
3. When Dave tails Cletus, where does he see Cletus go both at the beginning and end of his shift?
4. Whom does Dave first contact about bringing in one of the men who killed Fitzpatrick?
5. What did a journalist nickname General Abshire in 1966?
Short Essay Questions
1. 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?
2. 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?
3. Dave confronts Philip Murphy and plans to take him back to New Orleans. What is the outcome of this?
4. What is in the Gulf, south of Morgan City?
5. Why is Didi Gee upset in Chapter Ten?
6. Why does Didi Gee want Jimmie dead?
7. In Chapter Ten, Dave meets Didi Gee at a restaurant. Describe the restaurant.
8. Dave confronts Cletus one last time in Chapter Eleven. What does he tell Cletus he can do?
9. Where is Didi Gee's office located, and what type of businesses are run from there?
10. What happens with Dave's job when he is reinstated?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the effects of the Vietnam War on Dave personally. Be certain to address how it continues to affect his daily life.
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
Discuss Dave's observation that "when these guys ceased to fill a need for somebody else, they would be taken off the board."
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