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

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

3. Where is Dave's morning AA meeting located in Chapter Ten?
(a) French Quarter.
(b) Near Lake Ponchartrain.
(c) Garden District.
(d) Near the police station.

4. Whom does Dave punch in the mouth?
(a) Murphy.
(b) Baxter.
(c) Andres.
(d) Sergeant Motley.

5. With whom does Dave make friends in the hospital where his brother is?
(a) A Catholic sister from France.
(b) A surgical resident from India.
(c) An elderly Cajun lady from Thibodaux.
(d) His brother's nurse from New Iberia.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Dave visits Jimmie in the hospital after his trip to Biloxi, it appears to Dave that Jimmie's hands and face are painted with what?

2. What does Dave have sent to Annie at lunch in Chapter Ten?

3. Dave realizes that his brother had been trying to trace initials on his chest on that day in the hospital after Jimmie's first surgery. Whose initials did Jimmie trace?

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

5. Beauvoir is referred to as what in Chapter Ten?

Short Essay Questions

1. As Dave sits in jail without enough money for bail, he thinks it is perhaps the lowest morning of his life with the exception of what incident?

2. About what incident from her past does Annie tell Dave in Chapter Eleven?

3. In Chapter Eleven, Dave tells Annie that he has to hurt her. How does he hurt her?

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

5. In Chapter Ten, Dave contemplates how he is not making much of a difference in the world. His brother Jimmie understands that and puts his energy into what pursuits?

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

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

8. What does Dave do before asking Andres questions, and why?

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

10. What clue does Andres give Dave about weapons?

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