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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 4, 5 and 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Sughrue find the first visitor on the list of Betty Sue's friends?
(a) A shopping center.
(b) Church.
(c) His home.
(d) The movie theater.

2. What does Trahearne reveal to Sughrue about rainstorms and his childhood?
(a) He obsessed about rain on his wedding day.
(b) He obsessed about women leaving him in the rain.
(c) He obsessed about a naked woman who appeared in a window.
(d) He obsessed about dying in the rain.

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

4. What reason does Trahearne provide for wanting to travel with Sughrue?
(a) He has leads to help Sughrue.
(b) He has never traveled before.
(c) He feels connected to Sughrue.
(d) He wants to wander with Sughrue.

5. What does Sughrue recall about his torture technique and his discharge from Vietnam?
(a) He made one of them up.
(b) They occurred within days of each other.
(c) His plans to escape using the techniques.
(d) An officer taught the techniques to him.

Short Answer Questions

1. As Sughrue remembers, what caused the last woman he loved to refuse his marriage proposal?

2. When Betty Sue disappeared, how did Albert Griffith react?

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

4. According to Gleeson, why did he not have sex with Betty Sue?

5. What is Albert Griffith's occupation?

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