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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. How long was Hugh gone from Biloxi when he got a job on a freighter hauling frozen shrimp to Europe?

2. What hurricane devastates Biloxi in 1969?

3. How long was Hugh seeing Cindy before her brother found her and took her back to Arkansas?

4. By the end of Chapter 5, how many clubs does Lance own?

5. How old is Keith when he graduates with a degree in political science from the University of Southern Mississippi?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do Marcus Dean Poppy and Earl Fortier take Lance for $10,000?

2. Why and how does Jesse decide to go to law school?

3. In Chapter 24, what do Nevin and Lance suggest they do now that Jesse is the DA?

4. How did Prohibition affect Biloxi?

5. What type of practice does Jesse establish?

6. How do the witnesses against Nevin for the murder of Fortier disappear?

7. How does Hugh's first match in the Golden Gloves tournament proceed in Chapter 9?

8. What deal does Jesse make with Webb and ARU?

9. Why does Deputy Kilgore visit Ginger Redfield at O'Malley's?

10. What does Lance do after the war?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Jesse runs for DA in 1967. How is Jesse slandered? Why is the campaign an example of dirty politics?

Essay Topic 2

The climax in a novel is the highest point of tension and a turning point. What is the climax of The Boys from Biloxi and why is that incident the climax?

Essay Topic 3

Ginger Redfield is tried for allowing prostitution at her club. Why does her trial end in a mistrial?

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