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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 makes Sughrue realize that Randall Jackson is involved in organized crime?
(a) A bag of cement against his doorway.
(b) His brass knuckles.
(c) The phone calls he continues to receive.
(d) The big bodyguard in the black suit.

2. Who pays Sughrue's bill in the search for Trahearne?
(a) Rosie.
(b) Catherine.
(c) Stacy.
(d) Betty Sue.

3. What is Abraham Trahearne's occupation?
(a) Father.
(b) Barkeep.
(c) Writer.
(d) Priest.

4. Who is Jimmy Flowers?
(a) Betty Sue's father.
(b) Betty Sue's ex-husband.
(c) Betty Sue's landlord.
(d) Betty Sue's agent.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does Charles Gleeson know Betty Sue?

3. As Saghure tries to leave Peggy's side, what is Trahearne trying to do?

4. What does the nurse, Sughrue and Trahearne do the morning after Sughrue and the nurse's date?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Jimmy Joe Flowers like?

2. How do Selma Hinds' actions characterize her?

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

4. How does Sughrue treat Charles Gleeson? Why?

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

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

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

8. What does the audience learn about Trahearne's mother?

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

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

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