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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 pays Sughrue's bill in the search for Trahearne?
(a) Betty Sue.
(b) Stacy.
(c) Catherine.
(d) Rosie.
2. Who was with Betty Sue the night she disappeared?
(a) Charles Gleeson.
(b) Trahearne.
(c) Rosie.
(d) Albert Griffith.
3. Where does Sughrue track Trahearne to before they ever meet?
(a) Las Vegas, gambling.
(b) A bar in Sonoma, California.
(c) A shopping mall.
(d) Washington, lobbying.
4. What has Betty Sue's father revealed to Peggy?
(a) He doesn't want to see her.
(b) Betty Sue lives in a commune in Oregon.
(c) She is dead.
(d) He isn't Betty Sue's real father.
5. What does Trahearne reveal to Sughrue about rainstorms and his childhood?
(a) He obsessed about women leaving him in the rain.
(b) He obsessed about rain on his wedding day.
(c) He obsessed about a naked woman who appeared in a window.
(d) He obsessed about dying in the rain.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Catherine tell Sughrue to do when Trahearne leaves the hospital after recuperating from his gunshot wound?
2. What is C.W. Sughrue's occupation?
3. What plans does Sughrue make with a nurse while visiting Trahearne?
4. What occupation does Melinda have?
5. How did Sughrue make a living in San Francisco after his discharge from the military?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is upsetting Sughrue about Betty Sue as the search continues? Why?
2. How does Sughrue's remark about his job and "the chase being over" indirectly characterize him?
3. What events does the use of alcohol foreshadow as the book opens?
4. What is foreshadowed by Trahearne's eagerness to travel with Sughrue in the search for Betty Sue?
5. Sughrue is uncomfortable about Catherine and Trahearne's mother living together. Why?
6. Is Edna's treatment of Sughrue out of character for her? Why?
7. How has Sughrue's self-described "mean streak" affected his life thus far?
8. Why would Sughrue just accept the beatings from Jackson's men?
9. What is shown by Trahearne's ex-wife hiring a private investigator to follow him?
10. What is Jimmy Joe Flowers like?
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