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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 11 – 20.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Ratan's first name?
(a) Jack.
(b) Andrew.
(c) Michael.
(d) James.

2. Who is the Vet's thug that demands rent money from Maria in Chapter 6?
(a) Ray.
(b) Jackson.
(c) Damien.
(d) Emilio.

3. What are the residents of Phoenix called in the novel?
(a) Lifers.
(b) Zoners.
(c) Fivers.
(d) Calis.

4. How much water flows through the Colorado River, according to the narrator in Chapter 1?
(a) 2 million acre-feet a year.
(b) 10 million acre-feet a year.
(c) 15 million acre-feet a year.
(d) 7 million acre-feet a year.

5. What kind of animals does the Vet keep as pets?
(a) Alligators.
(b) Cheetahs.
(c) Wolves.
(d) Hyenas.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the water knives from California called in the novel?

2. Who is the photographer that often works with Lucy on stories?

3. Who is the cop that Lucy remembers talking to her when she reported on her first body in Chapter 5?

4. What is the name of Lucy's sister?

5. What does Julio call the headquarters for the California water knives in Chapter 11?

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