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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 does Sughrue initially doubt concerning his relationship with Catherine?
(a) She might stalk him.
(b) She is connected to one of his friends.
(c) She wants too serious of a relationship.
(d) She leaves all men.

2. What do Jackson and his men do at the Hind's home?
(a) Steal all the jewelry and electronics.
(b) Kidnap Jimmy Joe.
(c) Hurt Selma and send her to the hospital.
(d) Shoot the animals and kidnap Melinda.

3. What does Sughrue do to Torres's hand?
(a) Shakes his hand.
(b) Shoots his hand off.
(c) Permanently brands it.
(d) Cuts off a finger.

4. After Sughrue kidnaps Jackson, what does Jackson tell him about Melinda?
(a) Melinda is not really married to Trahearne.
(b) Melinda's been kidnapped by Hyland.
(c) Melinda belongs to the mob.
(d) Melinda is an undercover cop.

5. Who seems to have overheard the conversation between Sughrue and Melinda?
(a) Stacy.
(b) Torres.
(c) Trahearne.
(d) No one.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened to Betty Sue in the hippie community of San Francisco?

2. Instead of sleeping with Cathering after their fight, what does Sughrue do?

3. What is on the newspaper clipping Trahearne finds in Melinda's things?

4. What war story does Sughrue reveal to Trahearne?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Catherine's sexual relationship with Sughrue manipulative?

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

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

4. Why does Melinda offer herself to Sughrue?

5. Is it possible for Sughrue to help Trahearne write? Why?

6. Why does Catherine sleep with Sughrue?

7. Why does Trahearne start drinking again?

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

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

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

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