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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 7 and 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Catherine tell Sughrue to do when Trahearne leaves the hospital after recuperating from his gunshot wound?
(a) Leave Trahearne behind.
(b) Take Trahearne to his mother's home.
(c) Don't get too close to Trahearne.
(d) Be sure Trahearne starts on his way home.

3. As Sughrue remembers, what caused the last woman he loved to refuse his marriage proposal?
(a) His "mean streak."
(b) His unreliable lifestyle.
(c) His dangerous job.
(d) His inability to commit.

4. After speaking to Jimmy, what do Saghrue and Trahearne tell Rosie?
(a) The search for Betty Sue has turned up nothing.
(b) Betty Sue does not want to be found.
(c) They know with certainty that Betty Sue is dead.
(d) Betty Sue has an ugly past her mother shouldn't hear about.

5. What do Trahearne and Sughrue take with them to San Francisco?
(a) Fireball.
(b) Thousands of dollars.
(c) Melinda's sculptures.
(d) A truck.

Short Answer Questions

1. What feeling does Sughrue experience when he accomplishes a goal at work?

2. How did Sughrue make a living in San Francisco after his discharge from the military?

3. What does Sughrue think about Betty Sue as the novel opens?

4. Who pays Sughrue's bill in the search for Trahearne?

5. After seeing Melinda's sculptures, what does Sughrue go to bed thinking?

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