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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 does Robicheaux tell Guidry at the beginning of Chapter 26?
(a) He is the main suspect in Ida's murder.
(b) Scruggs wants to kill him.
(c) Ida was pregnant with Guidry's child.
(d) Ida said Guidry's name just before she died.

2. Why was the fourteen-year-old black boy murdered?
(a) He forgot to say sir to a white man.
(b) He shot a shop keeper.
(c) He felt asleep while driving.
(d) He whistled at a white woman.

3. What does Glazier refer to Jack Flynn as in this section?
(a) A Socialist.
(b) A Communist.
(c) A Capitialist.
(d) A Fascist.

4. Who phones Robicheaux in Chapter 26?
(a) Scarlotti.
(b) Glazier.
(c) Guidry.
(d) Cool Breeze.

5. Who does Cool Breeze say the detectives should talk to in relation to Pollock's murder?
(a) Soileau.
(b) Scruggs.
(c) Guidry.
(d) Boxleiter.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Billy Holtner embezzle $375,000 form the film studio?

2. What does AIM stand for?

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

4. Why does Robicheaux believe that Scruggs killed Boxleiter?

5. In which country is Raton a city?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the story Robicheaux tells about a young black boy in Mississippi?

2. What happens to Father Mulcahy on the house boat?

3. How does Purcel beat up up Scarlotti and his men?

4. What does Robicheaux think of Megan Flynn's photographs?

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

6. How does Ruby help Robicheaux in this section?

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

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

9. What does Robicheaux find out about Ida's body in this section?

10. Why does Robicheaux think Scuggs killed Boxleiter?

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