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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Betty Sue want to do when she called Jimmy?
(a) Travel the world.
(b) Go to college.
(c) Leave the commune.
(d) Get married.

2. What does Catherine want from Sughrue his first morning in Montana?
(a) Help finding her mother.
(b) An invoice.
(c) A ride into town.
(d) A relationship.

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

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

5. What body part of Trahearne's end up shot in the bar fight?
(a) Chest.
(b) Arm.
(c) Foot.
(d) Butt.

6. How do the police react to the answers from Sughrue and Rosie?
(a) Knowledgeable that Sughrue and Rosie lied.
(b) Grateful for such strong eyewitnesses.
(c) Confused because the story doesn't make sense.
(d) Angry that Sughrue didn't do more to stop the event.

7. What plans does Sughrue make with a nurse while visiting Trahearne?
(a) A shopping trip.
(b) A date.
(c) Home visits for Trahearne.
(d) Discharge paperwork.

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

9. How was Sughrue discharged from his military duty in Vietnam?
(a) Hardship.
(b) Honorable Discharge.
(c) Disability.
(d) Dishonorably.

10. Where was Betty Sue when she called Jimmy?
(a) A midwestern state.
(b) Denver.
(c) San Francisco.
(d) Oregon.

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

12. What does Catherine tell Sughrue to do when Trahearne leaves the hospital after recuperating from his gunshot wound?
(a) Be sure Trahearne starts on his way home.
(b) Don't get too close to Trahearne.
(c) Take Trahearne to his mother's home.
(d) Leave Trahearne behind.

13. How does Charles Gleeson know Betty Sue?
(a) He was her drama teacher.
(b) They worked together.
(c) His daughter and she were childhood friends.
(d) He babysat her as a toddler.

14. What best describes Melinda the first time Sughrue sees her?
(a) Kind and slow.
(b) Cruel and placating.
(c) Indecisive and manipulative.
(d) Gracious and rough-handed.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who quits running on Sughrue's first morning in Montana?

2. After Saghrue arrives at Trahearne's house and meets Melinda, how does he realize he feels about Betty Sue?

3. How does Sughrue describe Albert Griffith?

4. What makes Sughrue realize that Randall Jackson is involved in organized crime?

5. Why did Sughrue quit the line of work he started in San Francisco?

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