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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. In which city did Robicheaux once work as a policeman?

2. Where does the narrator say Cisco educated himself?

3. What does Mulcahy think the man was referring to when he said seal?

4. What did Breeze's wife once pick in the fields?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does Cobb tell Robicheaux about Harpo Scruggs?

4. Why happened to Elijah's slave Lavonia?

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

6. How does Cool Breeze know Jimmy Fig?

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

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

9. What problems is Lila Trombonne causing in Chapter 10?

10. What trouble does Robicheaux say Cool Breeze is in in this section?

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

What does the novel say about race relations during this period? Why do the blacks still seem to struggle to get on in New Iberia?

Essay Topic 3

Compare Robicheax's character to the person he was at the beginning of the book to the he is at the end.

1. What did Robicheaux hope to achieve at the beginning of the book?

2. What events changes Robicheaux ideas about life?

3. How has Robicheaux's character changed by the end of the book?

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