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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. Where did Roger Loudermilk serve his prison sentence?

2. Why is Breedlove in the hospital?

3. What is Loudermilk eating when he is murdered?

4. What does Guidry say he will do in exchange for immunity?

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. Describe the character of Rodney Loudermilk.

3. What does Boxleiter tell Robicheaux about Flynn's murder in this section?

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

5. What does Robicheaux find suspicious about the photograph he finds in Chapter 23?

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

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

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

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

10. How does Purcel beat up up Scarlotti and his men?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why is Purcel so important to Robicheaux? How would Robicheaux have coped without there to help him?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

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

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