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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 is James Mulcahy's role in the community?

2. What kind of trees shade Cisco's house?

3. What did the black girl admit she had been doing before she was raped?

4. What is Clete Purcel arrested for in this section?

5. Who does Lester Cobb say is a pimp?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Cobb tell Robicheaux about Harpo Scruggs?

2. How did Cool Breeze escape from prison?

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

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

5. What does Glazier think about Megan Flynn?

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

7. How does Cool Breeze know Jimmy Fig?

8. What does Geri tell Robicheaux about Cisco Flynn?

9. How do the two white men pester Mout' in Chapter 9?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why does the story have so many characters? What are the advantages and disadvantages of having so many characters in a novel?

Essay Topic 2

Pick a character from the book and discuss his or her goals and motives. Do they achieve their motive? Do they share similar goals and motives with other characters? Do their goals clash with other characters? How do the characters goals and motives affect their interaction with each other?

Essay Topic 3

What does it say about Harpo's role in the murders that he feels so guilty and eventually murders himself?How does Harpo's guilt tie in with the novel's overall theme of power?

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