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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 does Dave go?
2. What does Purcel do?
3. What is Dave's response to Dixie Lee's request?
4. How old is Dave's daughter, Alafair?
5. Where does Dave go as soon as he has Alafair settled?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Dave find in his mailbox and what is the Sheriff's response to it?
2. How does Dave accidentally alert Mapes and Vidrine that he is looking into the fire at Dixie Lee's place? Why do you think the Sheriff allows this to happen?
3. What does Dave decide to do and why does he make this decision?
4. What does Dave do to get himself thrown off Dio's property and is this a pattern of Dave's?
5. What do you think the package in Dave's mailbox means?
6. How does Dave spend his time in jail?
7. Why does it seem Dixie Lee is destined for jail and what does he decide to do about it?
8. Why is Dave moved in the jail and what does that say about Dave as a person?
9. What happens to Dave the day after his encounter with Mapes and Vidrine and do you think he is a responsible parent in that incident?
10. What does Dio offer Dave and what is Dave's response? Do you think Dave is right to refuse Dio's aid?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Choose one of the following to discuss:
1. Choose two significant symbols and trace and analyze their appearance in the novel.
2. Choose two important metaphors and trace and analyze their appearance in the novel.
3. Discuss James Lee Burke's use (or lack ) of literary techniques and how they add or detract from the story and whether he uses too many or too little literary techniques.
Essay Topic 2
Dave is beginning to feel desperate by Chapter 10, thinking he will have to go on the run if he does not prove his innocence. Discuss the following:
1. Do you think Dave would be smart to go on the run rather than stand trial if he cannot prove his innocence?
2. Do you think that Dave would have more success as an outlaw than most because of his cop background? Why or why not?
3. Would it be fair to subject Alafair of a life as a fugitive?
Essay Topic 3
Dixie Lee is involved in a fatal accident while driving and drinking in which a child is killed. Discuss one of the following:
1. Do you think it is just to send Dixie Lee to prison for the reason stated above? What if it is the first DUI? The third?
2. Obviously Dixie Lee does not rehabilitate in prison as he is still drinking. Is prison a place for rehabilitation? If not, should it be? If so, how does it rehabilitate people? Explain fully with examples.
3. If a loved one (either friend, relative, or romantic partner) drinks and drives impaired and kills a child, would you fight to keep that person out of prison? Why or why not? Explain fully with examples.
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