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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Catherine confess her feelings toward Sughrue have been since meeting him?
(a) She wants to sleep with him.
(b) She feels no physical attraction to him.
(c) She cares for him.
(d) She wants to hurt him.

2. What do Sughrue and Stacy plan concerning Hyland's home?
(a) A robbery and assault.
(b) An armed, violent assault.
(c) An escape from the police.
(d) A hiding place.

3. What war story does Sughrue reveal to Trahearne?
(a) Sughrue left a wife in Vietnam.
(b) Sughrue had nightmares from the events.
(c) Sughrue accidentally killed a family of civilians in Vietnam.
(d) Sughrue actually was never in war.

4. After Sughrue finds Betty Sue, Betty Sue and Sughrue go and do what?
(a) Go on a picnic.
(b) Drive around.
(c) Kiss and nothing else.
(d) Drink coffee.

5. What does Sughrue do at his acreage in Montana?
(a) Starts a daily exercise regimen.
(b) Stops worrying about Betty Sue and Rosie.
(c) Writes a novel.
(d) Recovers from the beating he received from Jackson's men.

6. What does Trahearne want to make his novel different than?
(a) Researched and stiff books.
(b) His sentimental poetry and far-fetched fiction.
(c) Other people's writing.
(d) Pretentious and fake gibberish.

7. What has Trahearne decided about the money Melinda owes?
(a) Melinda and her family will never find that money.
(b) Trahearne will get an advance from a publisher.
(c) Trahearne can only get a fourth of it for Melinda.
(d) Melinda must figure it out herself.

8. How does Sughrue try to end his relationship with Catherine?
(a) With a handshake.
(b) With a letter.
(c) With a passionate kiss.
(d) With money.

9. After Trahearne leaves Sughrue's acreage in Montana, where does Sughrue work?
(a) A book store.
(b) The library.
(c) A strip mall.
(d) A strip bar.

10. What does Trahearne say his feelings are concerning Melinda, after he decides to help her get the money?
(a) Trahearne needs to settle down in life.
(b) Trahearne cannot live without her.
(c) Trahearne has grown to hate her.
(d) Trahearne loves her more than anything.

11. How does Stacy help Sughrue with Jackson and his men?
(a) Stacy secretly tapes her conversation with Jackson.
(b) Stacy poses as a porn actress.
(c) Stacy robs Jackson.
(d) Stacy finds money to pay everyone off.

12. How does Rosie react when Sughrue tells her Betty Sue is dead?
(a) She goes into shock.
(b) She cries and faints.
(c) She refuses to believe it.
(d) She hits Sughrue.

13. What work did Trahearne want Sughrue to do for him?
(a) Find Melinda's car.
(b) Investigating Jimmy Joe.
(c) Seeking Selma Hinds and discovering her daughter.
(d) Finding out who Melinda was.

14. What curiosity is Trahearne obsessed about concerning Melinda?
(a) Why does she have an abdomen scar?
(b) Where are her parents?
(c) How does she make so much money?
(d) Who is she sleeping with on her trips?

15. Why does Selma go to pieces crying when Sughrue confronts her about Betty Sue?
(a) Selma says Betty Sue/Melinda is her sister.
(b) Selma says Betty Sue/Melinda is her daughter.
(c) Sughrue insults Selma.
(d) Selma hates confrontation.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Sughrue prevent Trahearne from changing his life?

2. What negative behavior does Trahearne begin after he arrives at Sughrue's acreage in Montana?

3. What does Sughrue do for Stacy after she wakes during the night after the events at Hyland's home?

4. After Sughrue kidnaps Jackson, what does Jackson tell him about Melinda?

5. Instead of sleeping with Cathering after their fight, what does Sughrue do?

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