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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Rosie react to Saghrue and Trahearne showing up in her bar after they meet with Jimmy?
(a) Irritated.
(b) Thankful.
(c) Angry.
(d) Dismissive.

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

4. After seeing Melinda's sculptures, what does Sughrue go to bed thinking?
(a) He wants a marriage like Trahearne and Melinda's.
(b) He will stay with Melinda.
(c) He will pay what he owed the women.
(d) He won't stay with Trahearne long.

5. Why does Sughrue end up talking to Melinda after dinner?
(a) Sughrue wants to investigate Melinda.
(b) Trahearne passes out.
(c) Catherine took Trahearne away.
(d) Melinda will not let him leave the table.

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

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

8. According to Rosie, where did Betty Sue disappear to?
(a) The heart of nearby San Francisco,
(b) Chicago.
(c) The east coast.
(d) A midwestern state.

9. Trahearne's ex-wife tells Sughrue to look where for him?
(a) His regular hangouts, bars.
(b) On the streets.
(c) The library, writing and researching.
(d) Church.

10. How does Albert Griffith respond when Sughrue mentions the possibility of Betty Sue as a porn star?
(a) He shakes his head in sadness.
(b) Angrily.
(c) Happily.
(d) He shrugs and says, "probably so."

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

12. What does Jackson admit to Sughrue after their first meeting concerning Betty Sue?
(a) She had his baby.
(b) He gave her an alias.
(c) He prostituted her.
(d) She refused to marry him.

13. What is Albert Griffith's occupation?
(a) Bar owner.
(b) Doctor.
(c) Lawyer.
(d) Private investigator.

14. According to Professor Richter, what did Randall Jackson once do in San Francisco?
(a) Died.
(b) Got arrested.
(c) Ran a porn store.
(d) Fell in love and married.

15. What odd subject does Sughrue bully Gleeson with?
(a) Robberies he got away with.
(b) His well connected and dangerous friends.
(c) The way he harmed small animals.
(d) Torture techniques he learned in Vietnam.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who lives with Catherine?

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

3. Where does Sughrue track Trahearne to before they ever meet?

4. What body part of Trahearne's end up shot in the bar fight?

5. Where does Randall Jackson move to from San Francisco?

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