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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 Ruby say her friend Connie does for a living?

2. What city does Clete Purcel live in?

3. How did Billy Holtner embezzle $375,000 form the film studio?

4. What is Loudermilk eating when he is murdered?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Lila tell Robicheaux about the two brothers?

3. How does Ruby help Robicheaux in this section?

4. What does Nash tell Robicheaux about Breedlove in this section?

5. Describe the photographs Robicheaux finds in the glass jar.

6. Describe the meeting between Scruggs and Robicheaux in Chapter 29.

7. Why do the two detectives say they want to arrest Breeze?

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

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

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

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

What kind of family life does Robicheaux have? How is the different to the family lives of other fictional detectives? In what way does Robicheaux's family life have a positive affect on his life and work?

Essay Topic 3

Away from the main character, examine the way the author uses the other characters in the book. When does he introduce and take them away from the story? What effect does it have on the story?

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