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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. As Sughrue remembers, what caused the last woman he loved to refuse his marriage proposal?
(a) His inability to commit.
(b) His unreliable lifestyle.
(c) His "mean streak."
(d) His dangerous job.

2. What reason does Trahearne provide for wanting to travel with Sughrue?
(a) He has never traveled before.
(b) He wants to wander with Sughrue.
(c) He feels connected to Sughrue.
(d) He has leads to help Sughrue.

3. As Saghure tries to leave Peggy's side, what is Trahearne trying to do?
(a) Call Melinda on a pay phone.
(b) Steal money from the desk.
(c) Interrogate other guests.
(d) Have sex with another guest.

4. Why did Sughrue quit the line of work he started in San Francisco?
(a) Sughrue hated breaking up fights.
(b) Sughrue disliked the mundane work.
(c) Sughrue wanted a new outlook on life.
(d) Sughrue found a butchered fourteen-year-old boy.

5. Who lives with Catherine?
(a) Edna.
(b) Eight cats.
(c) Jackson.
(d) An escaped convict.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who runs with Sughrue on his first morning in Montana?

2. Trahearne's ex-wife tells Sughrue to look where for him?

3. Whom did Betty Sue leave the commune with?

4. What is Albert Griffith's occupation?

5. After seeing Melinda's sculptures, what does Sughrue go to bed thinking?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do Selma Hinds' actions characterize her?

2. Are Sughrue's descriptions of Albert Griffith accurate? Why or why not?

3. What is shown by Trahearne's ex-wife hiring a private investigator to follow him?

4. What is Jimmy Joe Flowers like?

5. What events does the use of alcohol foreshadow as the book opens?

6. Why is it significant that Albert Griffith searched the morgue for Betty Sue?

7. How does Betty Sue have the power to make Sughrue fall under her spell when they have never met?

8. What does Melinda's present life say about her now?

9. How has Sughrue's self-described "mean streak" affected his life thus far?

10. How would Sughrue be affected by his experiences in Vietnam and the discovery of the butchered 14-year old boy?

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