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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 does Mulcahy threaten the man with at the end of the section?

2. What does Robicheaux compare the sun to?

3. Who does Mulcahy say refuses to leave his church?

4. Who does Lila Terrobonne pull a gun on in a bar?

5. How is Geraldine related to Bill Holtzner?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Maddux say he knows about Harpo Scruggs?

3. What photograph of Flynns does Robicheaux see in this section?

4. What do Robicheaux and Purcel find out about the two brothers in Chapter 6?

5. Why is Mulchaly confused about the term break the seal?

6. What does Cobb tell Robicheaux about Harpo Scruggs?

7. Why happened to Elijah's slave Lavonia?

8. How does Cool Breeze know Jimmy Fig?

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

10. What does Geri tell Robicheaux about Cisco Flynn?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why does the author decide to leave most of the issues in the novel unresolved? What affect does it have on the the story's tone?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the motives for the deaths of one of the following characters.

1. Anthony Powell.

2. Lila Terrebonne.

3. Jack Flynn.

4. The two brothers.

Essay Topic 3

Choose one of the following and discuss how it affects the tone of the book and helps to express character and theme.

1. Setting

2. Point of view

3. Structure

4. Language

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