The Last Good Kiss Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

James Crumley
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 132 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

The Last Good Kiss Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

James Crumley
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 132 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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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 information does Selma Hinds have concerning Betty Sue?

2. In regards to the police, what do Sophie and Rosie develop after the bar fight?

3. Who runs with Sughrue on his first morning in Montana?

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

5. When Sughrue arrives at the hotel room to seduce the nurse, Sughrue finds what?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do Sughrue and Trahearne's interactions with the nurse teach the readers about these two men?

2. Why is it significant that Albert Griffith searched the morgue for Betty Sue?

3. How does Sughrue's remark about his job and "the chase being over" indirectly characterize him?

4. Is Edna's treatment of Sughrue out of character for her? Why?

5. What tone is set when Sughrue says people in his business need "a moral certitude that I no longer even claimed to possess"?

6. How does Trahearne's interpretation of Catherine align with what the audience knows about her?

7. How do Trahearne's novels parallel his personality and life?

8. How would Sughrue be affected by his experiences in Vietnam and the discovery of the butchered 14-year old boy?

9. What does Sughrue's drastic actions with Jackson say about his involvement in the case?

10. What prompts Sughrue to say he will "rise and do what [he] knew he had to do, to what [he] owed the women"?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Many characters manipulate themselves out of trouble with the police. Does this happen at certain points during the plot? How does the timing of this manipulation add to the plot?

Essay Topic 2

Sughrue and Trahearne develop a relationship that changes as the novel progresses. These two men can be further explored due to their complexity. Compare and contrast Sughrue and Trahearne.

Essay Topic 3

Catherine gives Sughrue an envelope with three checks. What does each check symbolize?

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