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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Catherine want to know when she arrives at Sughrue's job?
(a) Who will he track down now?
(b) Why does he want to escape Melinda?
(c) What Sughrue and Trahearne did while Trahearne was gone?
(d) How did he get this current job?

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

3. What negative behavior does Trahearne begin after he arrives at Sughrue's acreage in Montana?
(a) Binge drinking.
(b) Hair pulling.
(c) Self mutilating.
(d) Not eating.

4. Who sent Betty Sue's father the postcard?
(a) Trahearne.
(b) Catherine.
(c) Melinda.
(d) Sughrue.

5. What do Stacy and Sughrue spend a couple days doing after the ordeal at Hyland's home?
(a) Walking in the park and dreaming.
(b) Eating takeout food and sleeping in.
(c) Reading to each other and sleeping.
(d) Going to movies and diners.

6. After Sughrue kidnaps Jackson, what does Jackson tell him about Melinda?
(a) Melinda's been kidnapped by Hyland.
(b) Melinda is an undercover cop.
(c) Melinda belongs to the mob.
(d) Melinda is not really married to Trahearne.

7. When Sughrue visits Selma Hinds to discover why she lied to him, what does he discover?
(a) Jimmy Joe hurt Betty Sue.
(b) Melinda is Betty Sue.
(c) Trahearne did not want Sughrue involved in this investigation.
(d) Rosie knew where Betty Sue was this entire time.

8. When Stacy and Sughrue awake, what do they find?
(a) Melinda and Trahearne have gone.
(b) The money they need to leave town.
(c) A notice to leave town.
(d) The police waiting for them.

9. What does Sughrue do to Torres's hand?
(a) Shoots his hand off.
(b) Shakes his hand.
(c) Cuts off a finger.
(d) Permanently brands it.

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

11. What does Trahearne plan to do with his life that Sughrue feels he must stop?
(a) Trahearne wants to cheat on Melinda.
(b) Trahearne wants to steal money from Melinda.
(c) Trahearne wants to end his life.
(d) Trahearne wants to drink more than he should.

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

13. According to Selma Hinds, who died in the car accident long ago?
(a) Selma's mother.
(b) Selma's daughter.
(c) A pet dog.
(d) Betty Sue's husband.

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

15. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened to Betty Sue in the hippie community of San Francisco?

2. What does Sughrue do at his acreage in Montana?

3. What makes Catherine confront both Trahearne and Sughrue?

4. What specifically is Trahearne going to write about?

5. Where do Catherine and Sughrue have an intense sexual encounter after their fight?

(see the answer keys)

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