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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. 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.

4. What help does Stacy want from Sughrue after she wakes in the middle of the night?
(a) To make love to her.
(b) To get her food.
(c) To take her to the hospital.
(d) To go away.

5. What happened to Betty Sue in the hippie community of San Francisco?
(a) She went to college.
(b) She opened a tattoo parlor.
(c) She got in trouble with Jackson.
(d) She fell in love.

6. Where does Sughrue take Stacy after the ordeal at Hyland's home?
(a) San Francisco.
(b) Selma's house.
(c) Stacy's house.
(d) His acreage.

7. After making the agreement between Sughrue and Torres, where do Sughrue and the others take Jackson?
(a) His home.
(b) A hospital.
(c) His office.
(d) An alley.

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

9. 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 hates confrontation.
(c) Selma says Betty Sue/Melinda is her daughter.
(d) Sughrue insults Selma.

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

11. What is Sughrue doing when Trahearne asks him to visit because Melinda is on one of her trips?
(a) Donating blood.
(b) Volunteering.
(c) Small jobs.
(d) Moving.

12. How faithful was Trahearne during his and Catherine's marriage?
(a) He attempted faithfulness several times.
(b) Not very faithful.
(c) He had only one affair.
(d) Incredibly faithful.

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

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

15. What final term does Torres insist upon with Sughrue, concerning Melinda?
(a) Melinda must return the forty thousand dollars she stole.
(b) Melinda must divorce Trahearne.
(c) Melinda must star in one more porn.
(d) Melinda must speak to the police.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Trahearne plan to do with his life that Sughrue feels he must stop?

2. What specifically is Trahearne going to write about?

3. What does Trahearne want to make his novel different than?

4. Who sent Betty Sue's father the postcard?

5. What work did Trahearne want Sughrue to do for him?

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