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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What city does Clete Purcel live in?
(a) Atlanta.
(b) Salt Lake City.
(c) Jeanerette.
(d) Sugarland.

2. What does the pathologist think was used to suffocate Ida?
(a) A plastic bag.
(b) A pair of stockings.
(c) A bed sheet.
(d) A wet towel.

3. Why is Alex Guidry livid with Robicheaux in this section?
(a) He has reopened the Ida Broussard case.
(b) He is asking awkward questions.
(c) He has trampled dirt into his apartment.
(d) He has accused him of murder.

4. What is Loudermilk eating when he is murdered?
(a) Sausage and biscuits.
(b) Tomato soup and noodles.
(c) A steak and potato dinner.
(d) Goulash.

5. What kind of car does Guidry own?
(a) A Cadillac.
(b) A Mercedes.
(c) A Ferrari.
(d) A Volkswagon.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Swede Boxleiter doing when Robicheaux arrives home?

2. Why was the fourteen-year-old black boy murdered?

3. Who do Purcel go to New Orleans to confront?

4. Who is killed at the end of this section?

5. What does Ruby say her friend Connie does for a living?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Boxleiter tell Robicheaux about Flynn's murder in this section?

2. What does Guidry tell Robicheaux on the telephone in Chapter 26?

3. What happens to Ricky Scarlotti at the end of this section?

4. Describe the meeting between Lila, Archer and Robicheaux in Chapter 29.

5. How does Ruby help Robicheaux in this section?

6. Why does Lila feel guilty about her cousin's murder?

7. Why does Robicheaux think Scuggs killed Boxleiter?

8. Describe the photographs Robicheaux finds in the glass jar.

9. Why did Ricky Scarlotti hire Scruggs?

10. What does Robicheaux see on the movie set that is suspicious?

(see the answer keys)

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