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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. After Trahearne leaves Sughrue's acreage in Montana, where does Sughrue work?
(a) A strip mall.
(b) A strip bar.
(c) The library.
(d) A book store.

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

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

4. At the end of their romantic interlude, what do Catherine and Sughrue confess to each other?
(a) They used each other.
(b) They have feelings for each other.
(c) They want to break up Melinda and Trahearne's marriage.
(d) They dislike each other.

5. What does Catherine want to know when she arrives at Sughrue's job?
(a) What Sughrue and Trahearne did while Trahearne was gone?
(b) Why does he want to escape Melinda?
(c) Who will he track down now?
(d) How did he get this current job?

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Why does Selma go to pieces crying when Sughrue confronts her about Betty Sue?

4. What negative behavior does Trahearne begin after he arrives at Sughrue's acreage in Montana?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Why does Trahearne start drinking again?

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

6. Why would Sughrue make a superficial joke about Catherine''s age?

7. Why does Melinda offer herself to Sughrue?

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

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

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

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