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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. When Betty Sue left Jackson, how did she feel about him?
(a) She loved him even more.
(b) She knew their relationship would not work.
(c) She kept secrets from him because she distrusted him.
(d) She wanted nothing to do with him.

3. What sort of sculptures does Melinda make?
(a) They portray beautiful, fragile, traumatized women.
(b) Abstract and beautiful objects.
(c) They envision her dreams and hopes for her future.
(d) Ugly and hideous memories from her past.

4. After Saghrue arrives at Trahearne's house and meets Melinda, how does he realize he feels about Betty Sue?
(a) He's fallen under her spell.
(b) He wants to forget her.
(c) He dislikes her mysteriousness.
(d) He's upset.

5. What makes Sughrue realize that Randall Jackson is involved in organized crime?
(a) His brass knuckles.
(b) A bag of cement against his doorway.
(c) The phone calls he continues to receive.
(d) The big bodyguard in the black suit.

6. Who pays Sughrue's bill in the search for Trahearne?
(a) Catherine.
(b) Betty Sue.
(c) Stacy.
(d) Rosie.

7. How does Peggy feel about Betty Sue?
(a) That she fell in love with Betty Sue.
(b) That Betty Sue abuses people.
(c) That Betty Sue is disgusting.
(d) That she wishes to be Betty Sue.

8. Who quits running on Sughrue's first morning in Montana?
(a) Edna.
(b) Sughrue.
(c) Catherine.
(d) Trahearne.

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

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

11. What occupation does Melinda have?
(a) Personal trainer.
(b) Sculptor.
(c) Teacher.
(d) Photographer.

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

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

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

15. What does Saghrue reveal about Trahearne's mother?
(a) She is serving 20-45 for armed robbery.
(b) She was a single and pregnant schoolteacher.
(c) She committed suicide when Trahearne was young.
(d) She dated a married doctor.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do the police react to the answers from Sughrue and Rosie?

2. What does Rosie think about Betty Sue at the beginning of the novel?

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

4. What is Professor Richter's academic expertise?

5. Who lives with Catherine?

(see the answer keys)

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