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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 11 and 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How was Sughrue discharged from his military duty in Vietnam?
(a) Hardship.
(b) Honorable Discharge.
(c) Disability.
(d) Dishonorably.

2. What is Melinda's life story, as Melinda tells Sughrue?
(a) She ran from home after not appreciating her caring parents.
(b) She had abusive parents and even more abusive boyfriends.
(c) She loved the grandparents who raised her, but have since died.
(d) She is the wealthy heiress of life-loving, dead, young parents.

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

4. What does Rosie think about Betty Sue at the beginning of the novel?
(a) That Betty Sue is happily married somewhere.
(b) That Betty Sue is a prostitute.
(c) That Betty Sue is alive.
(d) That Betty Sue works for the government.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the person in the woods bully Sughrue into doing for his/her benefit?

2. Where does Saghure track Peggy Bain to?

3. How does Catherine try to end her relationship with Sughrue?

4. What did Sughure do after Vietnam that many other soldiers did as well?

5. What does Catherine tell Sughrue to do when Trahearne leaves the hospital after recuperating from his gunshot wound?

(see the answer key)

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