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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where does Randall Jackson move to from San Francisco?
(a) Denver.
(b) St. Louis.
(c) Canada.
(d) Dallas.

3. As Saghure tries to leave Peggy's side, what is Trahearne trying to do?
(a) Steal money from the desk.
(b) Have sex with another guest.
(c) Interrogate other guests.
(d) Call Melinda on a pay phone.

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

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

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

7. After Sughrue finds Trahearne, what starts the fight in the bar concerning a regular patron and Sughrue?
(a) Sughrue's attempts at casual conversation.
(b) Sughrue's inability to pay.
(c) Drunk men fighting over the pool table.
(d) A woman sitting by the regular patron.

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

9. What best describes Betty Sue and Albert Griffith's intimacy?
(a) Indifferent.
(b) They only slept together a few times.
(c) Frequent.
(d) They never slept together.

10. What demeaning confession does Gleeson admit to Sughrue?
(a) He planned to ride Betty Sue's possibly famous coattails.
(b) He married Betty Sue.
(c) He treats women terribly.
(d) He dated Betty Sue's mother.

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

12. How did Sughrue make a living in San Francisco after his discharge from the military?
(a) Cooking in a bar.
(b) Hunting down runaways.
(c) Managing an office.
(d) Running a gym.

13. Who was with Betty Sue the night she disappeared?
(a) Albert Griffith.
(b) Trahearne.
(c) Rosie.
(d) Charles Gleeson.

14. How many years did it take Betty Sue to call Jimmy?
(a) A decade.
(b) Four or five years.
(c) A day.
(d) She's never contacted him.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is C.W. Sughrue's occupation?

3. What best describes Jimmy Flowers?

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

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

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