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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Dave's father give him when he went away to college?
(a) A bottle of whiskey.
(b) Advice.
(c) Remington twelve-gauge shotgun.
(d) Fishing equipment.

2. Beauvoir is referred to as what in Chapter Ten?
(a) A town on the Gulf Coast.
(b) A waiter at the restaurant.
(c) Jefferson Davis' home.
(d) A street in Biloxi.

3. What does Dave have for dinner before visiting Cletus?
(a) Fried fish.
(b) Jambalaya.
(c) Poor boy.
(d) Shrimp gumbo and oysters.

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

5. Where does Cletus talk about going for his upcoming vacation?
(a) Texas.
(b) Colorado.
(c) Florida.
(d) New York.

6. 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) Galveston.
(b) Mobile.
(c) Tampa.
(d) Shreveport.

7. Who does Dave know that lives near St. Mary's Dominican College?
(a) Jimmie.
(b) Sergeant Motley.
(c) Cletus.
(d) Captain Guidry.

8. How does Jimmie communicate with Dave from the hospital bed?
(a) Tracing something on Dave's skin.
(b) Tries to talk.
(c) His eyes.
(d) Sign language.

9. When Dave has his first visit with Annie after the shooting, she looks like what to him?
(a) A flower child.
(b) An innocent.
(c) A woman that would break his heart.
(d) A young girl.

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

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

12. Who is described in Chapter Twelve as a "leviathan surfacing from the depths"?
(a) Didi Gee.
(b) Didi Gee's bodyguard.
(c) The clerk in the store.
(d) Dave.

13. Where is the location of Jimmie's shooting?
(a) Jackson Square.
(b) One of his restaurants.
(c) At the Cafe du Monde.
(d) Public restroom.

14. What is Cletus doing when Dave stops by his house for a visit?
(a) Tying some flies.
(b) Getting drunk.
(c) Watching TV.
(d) Taking a nap.

15. What type of business does Dave buy with his retirement money?
(a) A bar.
(b) A detective agency.
(c) A music store.
(d) A boat-rental and bait business.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Dave suggest to the General that he should read?

2. Who says, "It's going to rain frogs" at the end of Chapter Twelve?

3. Who wanted Starkweather dead?

4. Dave takes two weeks of vacation with Annie. Where do they go?

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

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