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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. According to Rosie, where did Betty Sue disappear to?
(a) The heart of nearby San Francisco,
(b) A midwestern state.
(c) Chicago.
(d) The east coast.

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

3. What did Sughure do after Vietnam that many other soldiers did as well?
(a) Tried to disappear into the drug scene in San Francisco.
(b) Became homeless.
(c) Tried to get back into the military.
(d) Applied for jobs.

4. What does Rosie think about Betty Sue at the beginning of the novel?
(a) That Betty Sue is happily married somewhere.
(b) That Betty Sue is a prostitute.
(c) That Betty Sue is alive.
(d) That Betty Sue works for the government.

5. What activity do Rosie and Sughrue partake in to calm themselves after the police questioning?
(a) Drinking.
(b) Sleeping.
(c) Smoking.
(d) Making love.

Short Answer Questions

1. How was Sughrue discharged from his military duty in Vietnam?

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

3. What does the friendly nurse reveal about Trahearne?

4. How does Charles Gleeson know Betty Sue?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Sughrue's interactions with Jackson show about his investigative skills?

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

4. How does Sughrue treat Charles Gleeson? Why?

5. Is Edna's treatment of Sughrue out of character for her? Why?

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

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

8. Sughrue and the nurse connect quickly. What side of his personality does this event reveal?

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

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

(see the answer keys)

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