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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After Saghrue arrives at Trahearne's house and meets Melinda, how does he realize he feels about Betty Sue?
(a) He wants to forget her.
(b) He's upset.
(c) He's fallen under her spell.
(d) He dislikes her mysteriousness.

2. What is Professor Richter's academic expertise?
(a) Spanish.
(b) Writing.
(c) Advertising.
(d) Pornography.

3. What does the owner of the commune reveal about Betty Sue?
(a) She lied about her past.
(b) She entered a psychiatric hospital.
(c) She was great in bed and overweight.
(d) She stole from her friends.

4. What does Sughrue think about Betty Sue as the novel opens?
(a) That Betty Sue is imprisoned.
(b) That Betty Sue is dead.
(c) That Betty Sue doesn't want to be found.
(d) That Betty Sue is a porn star.

5. How does Rosie react to Saghrue and Trahearne showing up in her bar after they meet with Jimmy?
(a) Irritated.
(b) Dismissive.
(c) Thankful.
(d) Angry.

6. How does Albert Griffith respond when Sughrue mentions the possibility of Betty Sue as a porn star?
(a) He shrugs and says, "probably so."
(b) He shakes his head in sadness.
(c) Angrily.
(d) Happily.

7. Why did Sughrue quit the line of work he started in San Francisco?
(a) Sughrue disliked the mundane work.
(b) Sughrue wanted a new outlook on life.
(c) Sughrue found a butchered fourteen-year-old boy.
(d) Sughrue hated breaking up fights.

8. Where was Betty Sue when she called Jimmy?
(a) San Francisco.
(b) Oregon.
(c) Denver.
(d) A midwestern state.

9. How does Betty Sue behave in the porn Sughrue sees?
(a) Nonchalant.
(b) Enthusiastic.
(c) Frightened.
(d) Drugged.

10. What did Sughure do after Vietnam that many other soldiers did as well?
(a) Applied for jobs.
(b) Became homeless.
(c) Tried to get back into the military.
(d) Tried to disappear into the drug scene in San Francisco.

11. How long has Betty Sue been gone?
(a) Ten years.
(b) Fifteen years.
(c) A few days.
(d) Five years.

12. Trahearne's ex-wife tells Sughrue to look where for him?
(a) Church.
(b) His regular hangouts, bars.
(c) On the streets.
(d) The library, writing and researching.

13. Who runs with Sughrue on his first morning in Montana?
(a) Rosie.
(b) Trahearne.
(c) Edna.
(d) Melinda.

14. What best describes Jimmy Flowers?
(a) Caring and compassionate.
(b) Smart, irritated and busy.
(c) Bitter, angry and volatile.
(d) Ignorant and uncaring.

15. What best describes Melinda the first time Sughrue sees her?
(a) Kind and slow.
(b) Gracious and rough-handed.
(c) Indecisive and manipulative.
(d) Cruel and placating.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was with Betty Sue the night she disappeared?

2. How do the police react to the answers from Sughrue and Rosie?

3. Since Betty Sue disappeared, what other place has Gleeson seen her?

4. What does Sughrue recall about his torture technique and his discharge from Vietnam?

5. Where does Sughrue start to take Trahearne after they speak to Rosie?

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