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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. What is Clete Purcel arrested for in this section?

2. Who does Megan believe the Hanged Man is in reference to?

3. What industry does Cisco now work in?

4. What prize has Megan won?

5. Who does Adrien Glazier work for?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Cool Breeze say things started to go downhill for Ida?

2. What does Maddux say he knows about Harpo Scruggs?

3. Why did Sunshine drop the charges of rape against the two brothers?

4. How did Cool Breeze escape from prison?

5. How does Cool Breeze know Jimmy Fig?

6. Why happened to Elijah's slave Lavonia?

7. Why does the Clerk contact the authorities about the man who comes into his shop to buy a gun?

8. What childhood memory does Robicheaux recall in Chapter 1?

9. What does Robichezus learn about Jimmy Fir in Chapter 11?

10. What do Robicheaux and Purcel find out about the two brothers in Chapter 6?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare Robicheax's character to the person he was at the beginning of the book to the he is at the end.

1. What did Robicheaux hope to achieve at the beginning of the book?

2. What events changes Robicheaux ideas about life?

3. How has Robicheaux's character changed by the end of the book?

Essay Topic 2

Who are the Terrebonne and why do they have such a prominent position in society? Why is it important for Robicheaux to find out about the family? What new light does the information he finds about the family shed on the case?

Essay Topic 3

What does the novel say about race relations during this period? Why do the blacks still seem to struggle to get on in New Iberia?

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