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

2. What charges are on the complaint that Dave files against the Nicaraguan?
(a) Assault, possesion, and manslaughter.
(b) Breaking and entering, kidnapping, and assault.
(c) Assault with a deadly weapon, kidnapping, and homicide.
(d) Illegal immigrant, kidnapping, and assault.

3. With what is Dave charged?
(a) Carrying a concealed firearm.
(b) Breaking and entering.
(c) Public drunkenness.
(d) Assault and battery.

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

5. Whom does Dave observe watching his houseboat before driving away in a gunmetal gray Chrysler?
(a) Cletus.
(b) A federal agent.
(c) Nate Baxter.
(d) General Abshire.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who approaches Dave in Jackson Square about meeting with Didi Gee?

2. From where is the postcard that Dave receives from Cletus mailed?

3. How long has Captain Guidry worked as a cop?

4. Dave talks to the General about IPs. What does IP stand for as it is used in "The Neon Rain"?

5. What rank did Jerome Abshire, Jr., hold?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is known about the contract killer?

2. What is in the Gulf, south of Morgan City?

3. Where is Didi Gee's office located, and what type of businesses are run from there?

4. Describe the incident Dave's platoon had with the Water Buffalo in Vietnam.

5. Why does Dave return to the Picayune's morgue in Chapter Twelve?

6. What happens to Andres after Dave leaves him in police custody?

7. When Dave first begins tailing Cletus, he notices that Cletus is hung over and apparently has a real problem with alcohol. What does Dave predict for Cletus's day?

8. In Chapter Eight, when Dave sees Annie's date for the evening, what does he do?

9. What does Dave tell Captain Guidry about Cletus in Chapter Eleven?

10. In Chapter Ten, Dave meets Didi Gee at a restaurant. Describe the restaurant.

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