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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. Why does Melinda go to California after Sughrue takes Trahearne back to the ranch?
(a) To find Torres.
(b) To visit Selma and Stacy.
(c) To get her college transcripts.
(d) To sell some some of her sculptures.

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

3. What specifically is Trahearne going to write about?
(a) Romance and heartbreak.
(b) Flowers and nature.
(c) Love and forgiveness.
(d) Youth and stupidity.

4. Why does Sughrue not accept Melinda's offer of herself?
(a) Sughrue knows Melinda and Trahearne love each other.
(b) Sughrue thinks Melinda is dangerous.
(c) Sughrue is developing feelings for Stacy.
(d) Sughrue does not want to anger Trahearne.

5. What does Trahearne say he learned during the war?
(a) How to kill and how to live.
(b) How to run from his problems.
(c) How to drink.
(d) How to treat women.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Jimmy Joe alleges to Rosie that Betty Sue sent him what?

3. What does Catherine reveal about her first husband?

4. What has Trahearne decided about the money Melinda owes?

5. When Stacy and Sughrue awake, what do they find?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Why does Melinda offer herself to Sughrue?

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

6. Why does Catherine sleep with Sughrue?

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

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

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

10. Why does Trahearne start drinking again?

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