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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) Not very faithful.
(b) He attempted faithfulness several times.
(c) He had only one affair.
(d) Incredibly faithful.

2. What is Sughrue doing when Trahearne asks him to visit because Melinda is on one of her trips?
(a) Small jobs.
(b) Moving.
(c) Donating blood.
(d) Volunteering.

3. After Sughrue finds Betty Sue, who does he convince her to call?
(a) Melinda.
(b) Edna.
(c) Catherine.
(d) Rosie.

4. What does Trahearne plan to do with his life that Sughrue feels he must stop?
(a) Trahearne wants to steal money from Melinda.
(b) Trahearne wants to end his life.
(c) Trahearne wants to cheat on Melinda.
(d) Trahearne wants to drink more than he should.

5. What curiosity is Trahearne obsessed about concerning Melinda?
(a) Where are her parents?
(b) Who is she sleeping with on her trips?
(c) Why does she have an abdomen scar?
(d) How does she make so much money?

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Trahearne need to be able to write?

2. How does Sughrue prevent Trahearne from changing his life?

3. What do Stacy and Sughrue spend a couple days doing after the ordeal at Hyland's home?

4. What specifically is Trahearne going to write about?

5. When Sughrue visits Selma Hinds to discover why she lied to him, what does he discover?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do the activities that Sughrue and Stacy do epitomize their relationship?

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

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

4. What is Trahearne's failure to write symbolic of? How?

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

6. What does it say about Stacy that she invites Sughrue to her bed after hearing his conversation with Melinda?

7. Why does Catherine sleep with Sughrue?

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

9. Is Sughrue's reaction to finding Melinda at Selma's home realistic? Why?

10. According to Catherine, what is Trahearne and Melinda's marriage like?

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