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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Dave have sent to Annie at lunch in Chapter Ten?
(a) Tulips and a grape drink.
(b) Roses and pralines.
(c) Daisies and a melon.
(d) A drink.

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

3. 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) A surgical resident from India.
(d) An elderly Cajun lady from Thibodaux.

4. Who says, "It's going to rain frogs" at the end of Chapter Twelve?
(a) Captain Guidry.
(b) Dave.
(c) An elderly woman on the streetcar.
(d) General Abshire.

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

6. Who says, "Loving a girl should include making her miserable"?
(a) Captain Guidry.
(b) Dave.
(c) Cletus.
(d) Annie.

7. Of what organization does Didi Gee want to be a member?
(a) The Rotary Club.
(b) Kiwanis.
(c) Knights of Columbus.
(d) The Lions Club.

8. How long has Captain Guidry worked as a cop?
(a) Thirty-two years.
(b) Thirty-five years.
(c) Twenty-nine years.
(d) Twenty-six years.

9. For whom does Dave suggest setting high bond when talking with Captain Guidry?
(a) Himself.
(b) The hired killer who shot Jimmie.
(c) Didi Gee.
(d) Cletus.

10. By what alias has Philip Murphy been going for his drug deals?
(a) Harry.
(b) Mike.
(c) Ralph.
(d) Eddy.

11. Who says, "I worry about stuff all the time I don't have control over"?
(a) Dave.
(b) Jimmie.
(c) Nate Baxter.
(d) Didi Gee.

12. What word does Dave associate with bureaucrats?
(a) Affluent.
(b) Reason.
(c) Paper-pushers.
(d) Mouthpieces.

13. In what type of car does Andres arrive at Dave's houseboat?
(a) Limo.
(b) Cadillac.
(c) Taxi.
(d) Van.

14. Who translates for Dave when Didi Gee sends over the Nicaraguan with information in Chapter Nine?
(a) Captain Guidry.
(b) Cuban horse trainer.
(c) Annie.
(d) His bartender.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of business does Dave buy with his retirement money?

2. According to Dave, who has "a real dose of the yellow-dog blues"?

3. 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?

4. Who was part of the Underground Railway?

5. Where do Dave and Annie move at the end of the book?

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