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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) Some jewelry.
(b) A postcard.
(c) A book.
(d) A package.
2. What does Trahearne say his feelings are concerning Melinda, after he decides to help her get the money?
(a) Trahearne needs to settle down in life.
(b) Trahearne loves her more than anything.
(c) Trahearne cannot live without her.
(d) Trahearne has grown to hate her.
3. What help does Stacy want from Sughrue after she wakes in the middle of the night?
(a) To go away.
(b) To get her food.
(c) To take her to the hospital.
(d) To make love to her.
4. What does Trahearne want to make his novel different than?
(a) Researched and stiff books.
(b) Other people's writing.
(c) Pretentious and fake gibberish.
(d) His sentimental poetry and far-fetched fiction.
5. How does Catherine react to Sughrue after their sexual encounter?
(a) Jovially.
(b) Angrily.
(c) Calmly.
(d) Irritably.
Short Answer Questions
1. After Trahearne leaves Sughrue's acreage in Montana, where does Sughrue work?
2. What are the terms of Sughrue and Torres's arrangement?
3. Where do Catherine and Sughrue have an intense sexual encounter after their fight?
4. What do Sughrue and Stacy do to Torres when they first arrive at Hyland's home?
5. What is Sughrue doing when Trahearne asks him to visit because Melinda is on one of her trips?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why would Sughrue make a superficial joke about Catherine''s age?
2. Why would Betty Sue need convincing to contact Rosie?
3. Why does Melinda offer herself to Sughrue?
4. What is Trahearne's failure to write symbolic of? How?
5. How do the activities that Sughrue and Stacy do epitomize their relationship?
6. According to Catherine, what is Trahearne and Melinda's marriage like?
7. Why would Sughrue immediately head out to California after the phone call from Jimmy Joe?
8. How does Trahearne and Sughrue's war-story telling force them to bond?
9. What does it say about Stacy that she invites Sughrue to her bed after hearing his conversation with Melinda?
10. What is a possibility behind Rosie's reaction to the news about Betty Sue?
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