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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 best describes Jimmy Flowers?
(a) Bitter, angry and volatile.
(b) Ignorant and uncaring.
(c) Caring and compassionate.
(d) Smart, irritated and busy.

2. How did Trahearne's mother seek revenge on those who hurt her?
(a) Bought out the entire town.
(b) Escaping from prison.
(c) Married a rich man.
(d) Dying.

3. How does Peggy feel about Betty Sue?
(a) That Betty Sue abuses people.
(b) That she wishes to be Betty Sue.
(c) That Betty Sue is disgusting.
(d) That she fell in love with Betty Sue.

4. Trahearne's ex-wife tells Sughrue to look where for him?
(a) His regular hangouts, bars.
(b) Church.
(c) On the streets.
(d) The library, writing and researching.

5. What plans does Sughrue make with a nurse while visiting Trahearne?
(a) Home visits for Trahearne.
(b) Discharge paperwork.
(c) A shopping trip.
(d) A date.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Rosie willing to pay Sughrue for?

2. Who does Sughrue first visit on the list of Betty Sue's friends?

3. What reason does Trahearne provide for wanting to travel with Sughrue?

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

5. After Sughrue finds Trahearne, what starts the fight in the bar concerning a regular patron and Sughrue?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Sughrue's remark about his job and "the chase being over" indirectly characterize him?

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

4. What prompts Sughrue to say he will "rise and do what [he] knew he had to do, to what [he] owed the women"?

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

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

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

8. How do Trahearne's novels parallel his personality and life?

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

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

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