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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Dave's wife's name?
(a) Suzie.
(b) Juliette.
(c) Nicole.
(d) Marie.

2. When Dave visits Jimmie in the hospital after his trip to Biloxi, it appears to Dave that Jimmie's hands and face are painted with what?
(a) Wet ash.
(b) Death.
(c) Snow.
(d) Sand.

3. What does Annie cook on Dave's stove in Chapter Eight?
(a) Gumbo.
(b) Bass filets.
(c) Catfish.
(d) Crawfish.

4. How does the surgeon describe his surgery on Jimmie in Chapter Twelve?
(a) Dusting-and-cleaning situation.
(b) All I can do.
(c) Snipping-and-sewing operation.
(d) Spit-and-polish procedure.

5. In Chapter Eight, the two boys from Dave's platoon who died were from where?
(a) Macon, Georgia.
(b) Lafayette, Louisiana.
(c) Birmingham, Alabama.
(d) Conroe, Texas.

6. Dave realizes that his brother had been trying to trace initials on his chest on that day in the hospital after Jimmie's first surgery. Whose initials did Jimmie trace?
(a) Didi Gee.
(b) Annie Ballard.
(c) Jerome Abshire.
(d) Cletus Purcel.

7. According to Dave, who has "a real dose of the yellow-dog blues"?
(a) Cletus.
(b) The General.
(c) Guidry.
(d) Dave.

8. What does Dave suggest to the General that he should read?
(a) Saint John of the Cross.
(b) The Bible.
(c) "A Thousand Days."
(d) "A Passage to India."

9. What drink does Dave miss from his childhood?
(a) Dr. Nut.
(b) Chocko.
(c) RC Cola.
(d) Grape Nehi.

10. Who says, "We use them. They use us. It keeps everyone in business"?
(a) Cletus.
(b) Jimmie.
(c) Dave.
(d) Didi Gee.

11. In Chapter Nine, Dave starts his day with what?
(a) A drink.
(b) A phone call.
(c) A swim.
(d) A five-mile run.

12. Who places Dave in a holding cell?
(a) Phil.
(b) Cletus.
(c) Sergeant Motley.
(d) Captain Guidry.

13. In Chapter Ten, Dave recalls a small plane with a family hitting a headwind and crashing into the Gulf. From where was the small plane?
(a) Tampa.
(b) Mobile.
(c) Shreveport.
(d) Galveston.

14. What was Andres forced to drink in Nicaragua?
(a) Acid.
(b) Kerosene.
(c) Rat poison.
(d) Gasoline.

15. What does Dave serve Andres to drink?
(a) Jim Beam.
(b) Bacardi.
(c) Dr. Pepper.
(d) Water.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom does Dave first contact about bringing in one of the men who killed Fitzpatrick?

2. According to Dave, law enforcement in South Florida is the equivalent of what?

3. Who says, "In a few more weeks we're going to be stringing some green trout"?

4. What does Cletus' sun porch resemble?

5. How does Jimmie communicate with Dave from the hospital bed?

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