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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. Who does Terrenonne denounce as a resentful, envious troublemaker?
(a) Swede Boxleiter.
(b) Cisco Flynn.
(c) Jack Flynn.
(d) Lila Terrabonne.

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

3. Where is the man who terrorized Father Mulcahy currently?
(a) New Iberia.
(b) Chicago.
(c) Mexico.
(d) Jacksonville.

4. Who does Lila say raped her?
(a) The two boys murdered in St. Mary Parish.
(b) Cisco Flynn.
(c) Ricky the Mouse Scarlotto.
(d) Anthony Pollock.

5. What does Robicheaux travel to Durango to investigate?
(a) Scarlotti's business dealings.
(b) Ida's death.
(c) Raton's knife wound.
(d) Lila's cousin's death.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which relative did Lila kill at the age of fifteen?

2. From which country have people been sent to kill either Cool Breeze or Scarlotti?

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

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

5. What was Jack Flynn beaten with before he was crucified?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does Robicheaux find out from Scruggs when he questions him?

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

5. Why did Ricky Scarlotti hire Scruggs?

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

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

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

9. Why does Robicheaux think Scuggs killed Boxleiter?

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

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