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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 Alphonse say he was on the night of Eddie Cochran's death?

2. Who is the cousin with whom Alphonse is traveling?

3. Abe Glitsky tells Diz that _____________ is a suspect in Linda's murder.

4. What does Linda think when she sees the money in her father's safe?

5. Whose voice does Diz realize is on the 911 call reporting Eddie's body?

Short Essay Questions

1. What personal pain does Dismas come to terms with in Chapter 25 and how does Jane respond?

2. What might the death of Eddie Cochran teach Dismas about coming to terms with the death of his own infant son?

3. Dismas meets with Father Cavanaugh and does not realize that the priest reveals a huge piece of information in the case. What is it?

4. How does the Drug Enforcement Agency or DEA view the case of Eddie's death?

5. What does Big Ed share with Dismas about Father Cavanaugh and his place in the Cochran family?

6. What bit of information does Rose, the rectory housekeeper, find to be out of place when Father Cavanaugh talks with Abe?

7. What does Arturo Cruz tell Dismas about the night Eddie died and how can he prove that he did not kill him?

8. Which murder does Alphonse Page admit to and which can he not be named as a suspect?

9. How does Dismas finally know who had made the 911 call reporting Eddie's death?

10. How has Glitzky's murder case unraveled at this point?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The author uses more than one theme in the novel. Identify at least two themes in the story and then cite an example to support each theme.

Essay Topic 2

Explain the taboo of homosexuality that still existed at the time DEAD IRISH was written in 1989. Compare and contrast homosexuality in America during the late 20th century to homosexuality in America today. What major changes have occurred concerning the social attitude towards homosexuality in both positive and negative ways?

Essay Topic 3

Describe the overall setting for the novel. Why does Lescroart use the setting he does? What is the time period of the story? How important is the time period to the attitudes and issues of the characters?

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