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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. Whose bald head is described as "a rock with weeds starting to grow on it"?
(a) Julio Segura's.
(b) Captain Guidry's.
(c) The Cataouatche Parish sheriff's.
(d) Sergeant Motley's.

2. Dave learns that he has angered the Colombians by doing what?
(a) Shooting a Colombian gang member.
(b) Siding with the Mexican gang.
(c) Arresting one of their contacts.
(d) Finding an African-American girl in Bayou Lafourche.

3. Where did Dave get his .45 automatic?
(a) Da Nang.
(b) New Iberia.
(c) Saigon.
(d) New Orleans.

4. What happened to the 17-year-old runaway in Dave's case file?
(a) He was bailed out by his father.
(b) He was hung by his cellmate.
(c) He was burned alive.
(d) He was ice-picked to death.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of cigarette does the man in the raincoat smoke?

2. In Chapter Three, what is Dave doing on his houseboat when the Treasury agent visits?

3. Who says, "Julio Segura is real garbage"?

4. How many men jump Dave on his houseboat in Chapter Five?

5. Fitzpatrick is in charge of monitoring what?

Short Essay Questions

1. Discuss Cletus' marital problems.

2. Why is Dave suspicious of the Cataouatche Parish deputies who pull him over?

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

4. What happens when Dave is fishing on Bayou Lafourche in Cataouatche Parish?

5. Describe Johnny Messina in Chapter One.

6. What does Cletus do that escalates the situation with Segura in Chapter Four?

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

8. What does Didi Gee suggest the dead girl was doing before being killed?

9. Why is Fitzpatrick angry with Dave in Chapter Five?

10. How does Cletus respond when Dave confronts him about provoking the situation with Segura and his man?

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