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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where was R.J. Decker born?
(a) Oklahoma.
(b) Texas.
(c) Florida.
(d) Nevada.

2. When Decker returns to his trailer after having dinner with Catherine, the phone is ringing. What does the caller tell Decker?
(a) Dickie is missing.
(b) Skink is missing.
(c) Pickney is missing.
(d) Culver is missing.

3. When Pickney goes to the Clinch house to interview Clarisse, how many fishing rods are still in Bobby's house?
(a) 7.
(b) 18.
(c) 22.
(d) 4.

4. How much money does Weeb pay to the state highway board for each of the interchanges granted to Weeb's development project?
(a) $30,000.
(b) $40,000.
(c) $10,000.
(d) $20,000.

5. According to Pickney's educated guess, about how much does Bobby's tackle box weigh?
(a) 35 pounds.
(b) 10 pounds.
(c) 50 pounds.
(d) 24 pounds.

Short Answer Questions

1. As Skink and Decker sit in their boat waiting for the cheating fishermen to retrieve the marked fish, what is it about Skink that reminds Decker of someone?

2. How big is Skink's fishing boat?

3. When Bobby and Lanie first met, what was Bobby's full-time job?

4. Where is Dickie Lockhart's hometown?

5. When Decker returns from his first fishing lesson with Skink, who shows up at Decker's hotel room?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why has Dennis Gault never rigged a bass tournament himself?

2. Years earlier, when Dennis Gault offered money to an undercover federal officer to kill Dickie Lockhart, why wasn't Dennis arrested?

3. In Weeb's mind, what is the difference between a canal and a lake?

4. Why does Decker not bother to hide his expensive camera equipment in his trailer home?

5. According to Lanie Gault, what made Bobby Clinch different from all the other fishermen at the bass tournaments?

6. When Skink finally shows up at his house to find Decker waiting for him, why does Skink tell Decker that he is beginning to like him?

7. Why does Bobby Clinch like to drive in the fog?

8. When Pickney asks Decker why he got a divorce, what does Decker say?

9. Why does the vice president of the Outdoor Christian Network not like the name Lunker Lakes for the community development?

10. As Tile, Decker, and Skink are driving away from the slough after finding Pickney's body, why does Tile have Decker and Skink duck down when an oncoming car gets close?

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