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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What language does the girl speak?
(a) German and a smathering of English.
(b) English and a smathering of German.
(c) English and Spanish.
(d) Spanish.

2. Where are Dave and Annie at the opening of the novel?
(a) Off Southwest pass in New Iberia, Louisiana.
(b) In the Gulf off Tampa Bay.
(c) In the Southwest United States near the Mexican border.
(d) In Galveston, Texas.

3. Where do Dave and Annie take the girl?
(a) To the hospital.
(b) To their best friend.
(c) Home.
(d) To the Social services.

4. Of what does the tattoo remind Dave?
(a) Something from his wartime days.
(b) Nothing.
(c) A picture he saw in a police blotter.
(d) A tattoo he saw on an NBC special.

5. With what police department did Dave used to work?
(a) New Orleans.
(b) Baton Rouge.
(c) Mobile.
(d) Birmingham.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to the aircraft?

2. Who is Melancon?

3. What is Annie doing on the boat when Dave spots a plane?

4. Who is Alafair?

5. How could Dave and Annie's relationship be characterized?

(see the answer key)

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