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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 Melinda the first time Sughrue sees her?
(a) Gracious and rough-handed.
(b) Kind and slow.
(c) Indecisive and manipulative.
(d) Cruel and placating.

2. How does Sughrue evaluate his conversation with Gleeson?
(a) He begins to trust Gleeson.
(b) He feels sorry for Gleeson's lack of confidence.
(c) He becomes tired of Gleeson's coy and mannered conversation.
(d) He enjoys their banter.

3. Where does Sughrue start to take Trahearne after they speak to Rosie?
(a) A job interview.
(b) His home in Montana.
(c) Trahearne's home.
(d) Another party.

4. Where does Sughrue track Trahearne to before they ever meet?
(a) A bar in Sonoma, California.
(b) A shopping mall.
(c) Washington, lobbying.
(d) Las Vegas, gambling.

5. Who does Sughrue encounter during a walk through the woods?
(a) A homeless person.
(b) Edna.
(c) Woodland creatures.
(d) Catherine.

Short Answer Questions

1. What has Betty Sue's father revealed to Peggy?

2. What information does Selma Hinds have concerning Betty Sue?

3. How long has Betty Sue been gone?

4. What did Betty Sue want from Jimmy when she called him?

5. When Betty Sue disappeared, how did Albert Griffith react?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Sughrue treat Charles Gleeson? Why?

2. How does Peggy Blain's explanation of Betty Sue contribute to the development of Betty Sue's allure?

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

4. Why would Sughrue just accept the beatings from Jackson's men?

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

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

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

8. What does Charles Gleeson's relationship with Betty Sue symbolize?

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

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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