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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. What kind of shop does Fig work in?

2. What does the author say the sky becomes as white as?

3. How do the Cajuns pronounce the word mouth?

4. Where did Harpo Scruggs work as a prison guard?

5. What is the name of Mulcahy's church?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does the Clerk contact the authorities about the man who comes into his shop to buy a gun?

2. Why happened to Elijah's slave Lavonia?

3. How does Cool Breeze say things started to go downhill for Ida?

4. What does Cobb tell Robicheaux about Harpo Scruggs?

5. What has Purcel found out about the Giacono family?

6. How did the two brothers eventually die?

7. What does Glazier think about Megan Flynn?

8. How did Cool Breeze escape from prison?

9. What childhood memory does Robicheaux recall in Chapter 1?

10. What does Geri tell Robicheaux about Cisco Flynn?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In what way could most of the characters be described as immoral? In what is this a typical theme of hard-boiled detective stories?

Essay Topic 2

Choose one of the following characters and examine their character background. How does the author express how characters background in the story?

1. Megan Flynn.

2. Ricky Scarlotti.

3. Chete Purcell.

4. Lila Terrabonne.

Essay Topic 3

What involvement do the Chinese Triads have in the story? How does their involvement tie in with the central ideas of the plot?

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