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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Dave spend the night after first confronting the General?

2. Didi Gee wants Philip Murphy out of the way because he is "screwing up some things" in what location?

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

4. Who says, "We use them. They use us. It keeps everyone in business"?

5. Whom does Dave first contact about bringing in one of the men who killed Fitzpatrick?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What clue does Andres give Dave about weapons?

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

4. 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?

5. Dave confronts Philip Murphy and plans to take him back to New Orleans. What is the outcome of this?

6. 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?

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

8. Dave confronts Cletus one last time in Chapter Eleven. What does he tell Cletus he can do?

9. What does the reader find out about General Abshire in Chapter Eight?

10. 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?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Referring to the four Cajun tales from Chapter 7 which Dave remembers hearing from his father, describe how they qualify as lessons by which to live one's life.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the effects of the Vietnam War on Dave personally. Be certain to address how it continues to affect his daily life.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss Dave's relationship with his father and his current feelings about the man. What impact does Dave's father have on him?

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