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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Rosie willing to pay Sughrue for?
(a) To find her missing daughter, Betty Sue.
(b) To clean her bar after the incident.
(c) To find a lawyer to defend her in court.
(d) To make sure Trahearne is never seen again.

2. In regards to the police, what do Sophie and Rosie develop after the bar fight?
(a) Ways to sneak out of the bar.
(b) A cover story.
(c) Methods of getting money for bail.
(d) An alibi for Trahearne.

3. What does Sughrue do with Randall Jackson after their first meeting?
(a) Kidnaps and takes him into the woods.
(b) Takes him for lunch and drinks.
(c) Shoots him in the hand.
(d) Drives him home.

4. Whom did Betty Sue leave the commune with?
(a) Randall Jackson.
(b) A john.
(c) The police.
(d) Her father.

5. Who does Sughrue encounter during a walk through the woods?
(a) A homeless person.
(b) Catherine.
(c) Woodland creatures.
(d) Edna.

6. After driving for nineteen hours, where does Sughrue arrive?
(a) Delaware.
(b) San Francisco.
(c) Oregon.
(d) The Mexican border.

7. What does the nurse, Sughrue and Trahearne do the morning after Sughrue and the nurse's date?
(a) They have a playful breakfast.
(b) They grumpily leave each other.
(c) They go sightseeing together.
(d) They recover from a hangover.

8. When Gleeson saw Betty Sue after her disappearance, what was different about her?
(a) Tattoos up her back.
(b) A fake arm.
(c) An ugly scar in the middle of her belly.
(d) Her hairstyle.

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

10. Since Betty Sue disappeared, what other place has Gleeson seen her?
(a) A porn movie.
(b) A college campus.
(c) As a delivery person.
(d) As a waitress.

11. How does Betty Sue behave in the porn Sughrue sees?
(a) Frightened.
(b) Nonchalant.
(c) Drugged.
(d) Enthusiastic.

12. Where does Sughrue start to take Trahearne after they speak to Rosie?
(a) Trahearne's home.
(b) A job interview.
(c) His home in Montana.
(d) Another party.

13. Why did Sughrue quit the line of work he started in San Francisco?
(a) Sughrue disliked the mundane work.
(b) Sughrue found a butchered fourteen-year-old boy.
(c) Sughrue hated breaking up fights.
(d) Sughrue wanted a new outlook on life.

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

15. Where does Sughrue track Trahearne to before they ever meet?
(a) A bar in Sonoma, California.
(b) A shopping mall.
(c) Las Vegas, gambling.
(d) Washington, lobbying.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What demeaning confession does Gleeson admit to Sughrue?

3. How does Sughrue describe Albert Griffith?

4. How did Trahearne's mother seek revenge on those who hurt her?

5. What did Charles Gleeson think of Betty Sue's acting ability?

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