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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. Who quits running on Sughrue's first morning in Montana?
(a) Catherine.
(b) Edna.
(c) Trahearne.
(d) Sughrue.
2. What does the nurse, Sughrue and Trahearne do the morning after Sughrue and the nurse's date?
(a) They have a playful breakfast.
(b) They go sightseeing together.
(c) They recover from a hangover.
(d) They grumpily leave each other.
3. Where was Betty Sue when she called Jimmy?
(a) Denver.
(b) A midwestern state.
(c) Oregon.
(d) San Francisco.
4. When Gleeson saw Betty Sue after her disappearance, what was different about her?
(a) An ugly scar in the middle of her belly.
(b) Her hairstyle.
(c) A fake arm.
(d) Tattoos up her back.
5. What does the friendly nurse reveal about Trahearne?
(a) He is an escaped prisoner.
(b) He runs a major corporation.
(c) He has a few serious relationships with several women.
(d) He is a famous novelist and poet.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Saghrue reveal about Trahearne's mother?
2. What is Albert Griffith's occupation?
3. How was Sughrue discharged from his military duty in Vietnam?
4. Where does Sughrue track Trahearne to before they ever meet?
5. Why does Sughrue leave Melinda in the night?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Trahearne's interpretation of Catherine align with what the audience knows about her?
2. Sughrue is uncomfortable about Catherine and Trahearne's mother living together. Why?
3. What does Melinda's present life say about her now?
4. What does the audience learn about Trahearne's mother?
5. What does Charles Gleeson's relationship with Betty Sue symbolize?
6. Is Edna's treatment of Sughrue out of character for her? Why?
7. What tone is set when Sughrue says people in his business need "a moral certitude that I no longer even claimed to possess"?
8. Sughrue and the nurse connect quickly. What side of his personality does this event reveal?
9. What events does the use of alcohol foreshadow as the book opens?
10. Sughrue and Rosie concoct a story for the police. How does this story indirectly characterize them?
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