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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. How faithful was Trahearne during his and Catherine's marriage?
(a) He attempted faithfulness several times.
(b) Not very faithful.
(c) Incredibly faithful.
(d) He had only one affair.

2. What work did Trahearne want Sughrue to do for him?
(a) Finding out who Melinda was.
(b) Find Melinda's car.
(c) Seeking Selma Hinds and discovering her daughter.
(d) Investigating Jimmy Joe.

3. What do Stacy and Sughrue spend a couple days doing after the ordeal at Hyland's home?
(a) Walking in the park and dreaming.
(b) Going to movies and diners.
(c) Reading to each other and sleeping.
(d) Eating takeout food and sleeping in.

4. What does Stacy do to Hyland?
(a) Handcuffs him.
(b) Allows him to escape.
(c) Knocks him in the head.
(d) Kills him.

5. What do Sughrue and Stacy plan concerning Hyland's home?
(a) An armed, violent assault.
(b) A hiding place.
(c) An escape from the police.
(d) A robbery and assault.

Short Answer Questions

1. Once inside Hyland's home, what does Sughrue do for Melinda?

2. What war story does Sughrue reveal to Trahearne?

3. At the end of their romantic interlude, what do Catherine and Sughrue confess to each other?

4. What does Catherine reveal about her first husband?

5. What does Sughrue initially doubt concerning his relationship with Catherine?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why would Sughrue immediately head out to California after the phone call from Jimmy Joe?

2. Why does Melinda offer herself to Sughrue?

3. Why would Betty Sue need convincing to contact Rosie?

4. Why would Melinda tell Sughrue he doesn't know her at all?

5. What are some reasons Sughrue won't accept Melinda?

6. How do Sughrue and Traherne get along in Montana?

7. When Sughrue walks away from Catherine, what does that mean?

8. What is the novel's tone as Sughrue and Stacy stage an assault on Hyland's house?

9. How does Trahearne and Sughrue's war-story telling force them to bond?

10. Why does Catherine sleep with Sughrue?

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