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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 does Rosie react when Sughrue tells her Betty Sue is dead?
(a) She refuses to believe it.
(b) She goes into shock.
(c) She hits Sughrue.
(d) She cries and faints.

2. After making the agreement between Sughrue and Torres, where do Sughrue and the others take Jackson?
(a) An alley.
(b) His office.
(c) His home.
(d) A hospital.

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

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

5. Why does Selma go to pieces crying when Sughrue confronts her about Betty Sue?
(a) Selma says Betty Sue/Melinda is her daughter.
(b) Selma says Betty Sue/Melinda is her sister.
(c) Sughrue insults Selma.
(d) Selma hates confrontation.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do Catherine and Sughrue have an intense sexual encounter after their fight?

2. How long does Melinda have to please Torres' request?

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

4. When Sughrue arrives home after leaving Stacy, what does he find?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How would Melinda's past life affected her present day life?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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