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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. What does the owner of the commune reveal about Betty Sue?
(a) She was great in bed and overweight.
(b) She entered a psychiatric hospital.
(c) She lied about her past.
(d) She stole from her friends.

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

3. Why does Sughrue end up talking to Melinda after dinner?
(a) Catherine took Trahearne away.
(b) Trahearne passes out.
(c) Melinda will not let him leave the table.
(d) Sughrue wants to investigate Melinda.

4. How does Betty Sue behave in the porn Sughrue sees?
(a) Frightened.
(b) Drugged.
(c) Nonchalant.
(d) Enthusiastic.

5. What is C.W. Sughrue's occupation?
(a) Writer.
(b) Nurse.
(c) Private investigator.
(d) Doctor.

Short Answer Questions

1. What makes Sughrue realize that Randall Jackson is involved in organized crime?

2. What body part of Trahearne's end up shot in the bar fight?

3. Where does Saghure track Peggy Bain to?

4. What does Trahearne reveal to Sughrue about rainstorms and his childhood?

5. What does Catherine tell Sughrue to do when Trahearne leaves the hospital after recuperating from his gunshot wound?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is upsetting Sughrue about Betty Sue as the search continues? Why?

2. What is foreshadowed by Trahearne's eagerness to travel with Sughrue in the search for Betty Sue?

3. What does Sughrue's drastic actions with Jackson say about his involvement in the case?

4. What do Sughrue and Trahearne's interactions with the nurse teach the readers about these two men?

5. How does Trahearne's interpretation of Catherine align with what the audience knows about her?

6. Sughrue and Rosie concoct a story for the police. How does this story indirectly characterize them?

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

8. Sughrue is uncomfortable about Catherine and Trahearne's mother living together. Why?

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

10. What is Jimmy Joe Flowers like?

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