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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. Jimmy Joe alleges to Rosie that Betty Sue sent him what?
(a) A postcard.
(b) A book.
(c) A package.
(d) Some jewelry.

2. What does Trahearne say his feelings are concerning Melinda, after he decides to help her get the money?
(a) Trahearne cannot live without her.
(b) Trahearne needs to settle down in life.
(c) Trahearne has grown to hate her.
(d) Trahearne loves her more than anything.

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

4. How does Stacy help Sughrue with Jackson and his men?
(a) Stacy poses as a porn actress.
(b) Stacy secretly tapes her conversation with Jackson.
(c) Stacy robs Jackson.
(d) Stacy finds money to pay everyone off.

5. How does Sughrue prevent Trahearne from changing his life?
(a) Buys him a plane ticket to Mexico.
(b) Gets Melinda on the phone.
(c) Punches him cold and takes him to the hospital.
(d) Encourages him to get drunk.

Short Answer Questions

1. What specifically is Trahearne going to write about?

2. According to Catherine, who is the naked woman Trahearne was obsessed with?

3. What does Trahearne want to make his novel different than?

4. What does Trahearne plan to do with his life that Sughrue feels he must stop?

5. What does Trahearne say he learned during the war?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why would Selma have lied to Sughrue about Betty Sue's death?

3. What is a possibility behind Rosie's reaction to the news about Betty Sue?

4. Has Trahearne been fair to Sughrue, in his use of Sughrue's investigative skills?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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