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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. What does the friendly nurse reveal about Trahearne?
(a) He is a famous novelist and poet.
(b) He runs a major corporation.
(c) He is an escaped prisoner.
(d) He has a few serious relationships with several women.

2. According to Gleeson, why did he not have sex with Betty Sue?
(a) He was ashamed at abusing her.
(b) He was not attracted to her.
(c) He was too attracted to her mother.
(d) He didn't want to ruin their professional relationship.

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

4. When Sughrue arrives at the hotel room to seduce the nurse, Sughrue finds what?
(a) An empty room.
(b) Trahearne has moved into the second bed.
(c) A party.
(d) Trahearne already slept with the nurse.

5. After Sughrue finds Trahearne, what starts the fight in the bar concerning a regular patron and Sughrue?
(a) A woman sitting by the regular patron.
(b) Sughrue's attempts at casual conversation.
(c) Sughrue's inability to pay.
(d) Drunk men fighting over the pool table.

Short Answer Questions

1. After speaking to Jimmy, what do Saghrue and Trahearne tell Rosie?

2. What body part of Trahearne's end up shot in the bar fight?

3. Who is Jimmy Flowers?

4. Where was Betty Sue when she called Jimmy?

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

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