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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does the narrator say people like Swede Boxleiter don't confide in?
(a) Prison shrinks.
(b) Prison chaplains.
(c) Inmates.
(d) Women.

2. Where does the narrator say Cisco educated himself?
(a) The street.
(b) The library.
(c) Prison.
(d) University.

3. What is James Mulcahy's role in the community?
(a) Parish priest.
(b) Sheriff.
(c) Mayor.
(d) Jailer.

4. What is the name of Mout' Brossard's dog?
(a) Loopy.
(b) Reed.
(c) James.
(d) Rafe.

5. Who does Robicheaux phone to say Cool Breeze's life is in danger?
(a) Glazier.
(b) Mulcahy.
(c) Cool Breeze.
(d) Mout'.

6. Where does Robicheaux work?
(a) The Louisiana detective agency.
(b) The meat factory.
(c) The sheriff's department.
(d) The cotton fields.

7. Where does Mout' Broussard live?
(a) Vermillion Parish.
(b) Jacksonville.
(c) Atlanta.
(d) Sugarland.

8. What prize has Megan won?
(a) The Edgar Allen poe Prize.
(b) The Dagger Prize.
(c) The Pulitzer Prize.
(d) The Nobel Prize.

9. How does Purcel hurt Jimmy Fig in this section?
(a) He breaks his thumbs.
(b) He pokes him in the eye.
(c) He stabs him in the belly.
(d) He punches him in the face.

10. What does Mout' Broussard do for a living?
(a) Grows coffee.
(b) Gardens.
(c) Picks berries.
(d) Shines shoes.

11. Where does Robicheaux say he has seen a dawn like this one before?
(a) Vietnam.
(b) London.
(c) Peking.
(d) New Delhi.

12. What is the name of Mulcahy's church?
(a) St. Wencelas's Church.
(b) St. Peter's Church.
(c) St. Andrew's Church.
(d) St. Mary's Church.

13. What did Lavonia poison the Terrobonne's family's food with?
(a) Cyanide.
(b) Tylenol.
(c) Monoxide.
(d) Phosphine.

14. What does the author say the sky becomes as white as?
(a) White wash.
(b) Bone china.
(c) American teeth.
(d) Polished bone.

15. What awful thing does Soileau think happened to Lila Terrabone?
(a) She was raped.
(b) She was tortured.
(c) She was locked up.
(d) She was a slave.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was Alafair born?

2. Who does the sheriff say Cool Breeze has complained to?

3. What does Robicheaux find out that one of Lila's ancestors had been?

4. What country does Glazier say is soon to become the property of China?

5. What drug is Jimmy addicted to?

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