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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter Three, what is Dave doing on his houseboat when the Treasury agent visits?
(a) Having a beer.
(b) Watching the sunset.
(c) Cleaning his guns.
(d) Talking on the telephone.

2. Whom does Johnny describe as a "mummy wrapped in black rags"?
(a) Wesley Potts.
(b) Didoni Giacano.
(c) Mama Giacanao.
(d) Jimmy Robicheaux.

3. In Chapter Four, the Latin American restaurant to which Fitzpatrick takes Dave is located where?
(a) Louisiana Ave.
(b) Bourbon St.
(c) King St.
(d) Dauphin Ave.

4. In Chapter Two, who says, "you're in over your head"?
(a) The older deputy.
(b) The sheriff.
(c) The younger deputy.
(d) Dave.

5. To whom does Dave initially go for information about finding Bobby Joe Starkweather?
(a) Didi Gee.
(b) Segura's driver.
(c) Wesley Potts.
(d) Jimmie.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Dave, possession is how many years in Louisiana?

2. What happened to the 17-year-old runaway in Dave's case file?

3. How does Dave survive Fitzpatrick's fate?

4. What name do the three men in Chapter Three call Dave?

5. The three patrol cars that arrive at Annie's house come from what precinct?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Dave learn about his partner from Julio Segura?

2. Where, and with whom, does Dave greet the dawn at the beginning of Chapter Seven?

3. Dave sometimes thinks of whom as his "father's misplaced seed"?

4. What clues make Dave suspicious of the Cataouatche Parish sheriff?

5. When and how does the reader first find out about Dave's time in Vietnam?

6. What does Dave learn in Chapter Five that is related to the execution of Johnny Messina.

7. Describe Johnny Messina in Chapter One.

8. Describe Sam Fitzpatrick as seen in Chapter Three?

9. Why does Johnny, a criminal, want to give Dave, a cop, information? What information does he give him?

10. In Chapter Two, what is it about the dead girl that makes Dave suspicious?

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