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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Dave survive Fitzpatrick's fate?
(a) His Cajun blood.
(b) He is in the driver's seat.
(c) He is conscious.
(d) He is thrown from the car.

2. Who says, "Most people just roll over when violence comes into their lives"?
(a) Dave.
(b) Man in the raincoat.
(c) Annie.
(d) Captain Guidry.

3. When Dave tails Cletus, where does he see Cletus go both at the beginning and end of his shift?
(a) To a warehouse.
(b) The bus station.
(c) A bar.
(d) To pick up a prostitute.

4. With whom does Dave make friends in the hospital where his brother is?
(a) A Catholic sister from France.
(b) His brother's nurse from New Iberia.
(c) An elderly Cajun lady from Thibodaux.
(d) A surgical resident from India.

5. What does Dave do with the two guns from the deputies who stop him?
(a) He throws the guns into the lake.
(b) He throws the guns into the woods.
(c) He keeps the guns.
(d) He tosses the guns in their car.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Cletus' reason for killing Bobby Joe Starkweather?

2. What is is blaring from the maroon car that Dave flags down in Chapter Two?

3. What did a journalist nickname General Abshire in 1966?

4. Who places Dave in a holding cell?

5. What does Dave have sent to Annie at lunch in Chapter Ten?

(see the answer key)

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