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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Batist?
(a) A Roman Catholic priest at Alafair's school.
(b) A gangster who hires out on murder contracts.
(c) An acquaintance of Vidrine and Mapes.
(d) Dave's employee.

2. Why do the police think Desmarteau leaves town?
(a) Becuase he ruined his car that was about to be repossessed.
(b) He joins a travleing fair to work.
(c) He left to work as a roustabout on a rig.
(d) He got a local girl pregnant and her father is angry.

3. What surprises Dave?
(a) That Purcel ignores Dave.
(b) That Dixie Lee actually gets off on the drug charge.
(c) To see Purcel back in the States.
(d) That the CEO of Star Drilling is an old Army buddy.

4. Who is with Alafair when Dave picks her up at school?
(a) The nun principal.
(b) A young, beautiful and single teacher.
(c) No one.
(d) The babysitter.

5. Why is Desmarteau once beaten?
(a) For stealing the tribe totem.
(b) For his work with AIM.
(c) For disobeying a tribal order.
(d) For ridiculing Sally Dio.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Cletus Purcel?

2. What does Cletus tell Dave?

3. What does Dave believe about the person he asks for company?

4. Who does Dave ask about having some "company" that night in the motel room?

5. What does Dave's father tell Dave to do?

(see the answer key)

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