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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 9 and 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who is Jimmy Flowers?
(a) Betty Sue's father.
(b) Betty Sue's ex-husband.
(c) Betty Sue's landlord.
(d) Betty Sue's agent.

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

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

5. How long has Betty Sue been gone?
(a) Ten years.
(b) Fifteen years.
(c) Five years.
(d) A few days.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Professor Richter, what did Randall Jackson once do in San Francisco?

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

3. What did Betty Sue want from Jimmy when she called him?

4. How was Sughrue discharged from his military duty in Vietnam?

5. When Sughrue arrives at the hotel room to seduce the nurse, Sughrue finds what?

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