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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. 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 didn't want to ruin their professional relationship.
(d) He was too attracted to her mother.

2. What has Betty Sue's father revealed to Peggy?
(a) Betty Sue lives in a commune in Oregon.
(b) He isn't Betty Sue's real father.
(c) She is dead.
(d) He doesn't want to see her.

3. How does Albert Griffith feel about Betty Sue, even after marriage and fathering two kids?
(a) He is desperately in love with her.
(b) He questions leaving her.
(c) He wants to befriend her.
(d) He wishes never to see her again.

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 has an ugly past her mother shouldn't hear about.
(c) Betty Sue does not want to be found.
(d) They know with certainty that Betty Sue is dead.

5. 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 alive.
(c) That Betty Sue works for the government.
(d) That Betty Sue is a prostitute.

Short Answer Questions

1. After Sughrue finds Trahearne, what starts the fight in the bar concerning a regular patron and Sughrue?

2. How does Peggy feel about Betty Sue?

3. What activity do Rosie and Sughrue partake in to calm themselves after the police questioning?

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

5. What does Trahearne reveal to Sughrue about rainstorms and his childhood?

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