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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. Who does Robicheaux ask Cool Breeze to stay away from?

2. What city does Clete Purcel live in?

3. Who does Terrenonne denounce as a resentful, envious troublemaker?

4. What does Robicheaux find in the glass jar?

5. What is Swede Boxleiter doing when Robicheaux arrives home?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe the character of Rodney Loudermilk.

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

4. How does Ruby help Robicheaux in this section?

5. What does Robicheaux think of Megan Flynn's photographs?

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

7. What problems does Cisco say he is currently having with his film?

8. How does Alex Guidry die in this section?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Robicheaux solve the case in the novel? What mistakes did he make along the way? Could he have solved the case any quicker?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

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.

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