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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What specifically is Trahearne going to write about?
(a) Youth and stupidity.
(b) Love and forgiveness.
(c) Romance and heartbreak.
(d) Flowers and nature.

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

3. After Sughrue finds Betty Sue, who does he convince her to call?
(a) Catherine.
(b) Melinda.
(c) Edna.
(d) Rosie.

4. How long does Melinda have to please Torres' request?
(a) Half a year.
(b) Two weeks.
(c) One year.
(d) Sixty days.

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

6. What happened during Betty Sue's abortion?
(a) It was botched and she needed a hysterectomy.
(b) She discovered she wasn't pregnant.
(c) She had a seizure.
(d) The police found out about it.

7. What is on the newspaper clipping Trahearne finds in Melinda's things?
(a) A clipping from Melinda's theater days.
(b) A horoscope.
(c) An advertisement.
(d) Selma's daughter's obituary.

8. At the end of their romantic interlude, what do Catherine and Sughrue confess to each other?
(a) They dislike each other.
(b) They have feelings for each other.
(c) They used each other.
(d) They want to break up Melinda and Trahearne's marriage.

9. How faithful is Melinda in her marriage to Trahearne?
(a) She tried to stay committed to him.
(b) Quite faithful.
(c) Consistently unfaithful.
(d) She had only one affair.

10. What is Sughrue's reaction when Catherine ends their relationship?
(a) He feels relief.
(b) He slaps her.
(c) He doesn't care.
(d) He feels pain and loss.

11. What does Trahearne say he learned during the war?
(a) How to treat women.
(b) How to run from his problems.
(c) How to kill and how to live.
(d) How to drink.

12. When did Trahearne become unable to write?
(a) After he met Sughrue.
(b) After his mother died.
(c) After he married Melinda.
(d) After his car wreck.

13. What do Sughrue and Stacy find in Hyland's home?
(a) A dog fighting ring.
(b) Melinda.
(c) Rosie.
(d) Illegal drugs.

14. Who seems to have overheard the conversation between Sughrue and Melinda?
(a) No one.
(b) Torres.
(c) Trahearne.
(d) Stacy.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Jimmy Joe alleges to Rosie that Betty Sue sent him what?

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

4. According to Catherine, who is the naked woman Trahearne was obsessed with?

5. What does Trahearne need to be able to write?

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