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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. What does Sughrue do for Stacy after she wakes during the night after the events at Hyland's home?
(a) He holds her.
(b) He makes love to her.
(c) He leaves her.
(d) He gets her coffee.

2. What did Melinda use the money for?
(a) To pay off the mob.
(b) A college degree.
(c) A vacation.
(d) To help Selma.

3. What work did Trahearne want Sughrue to do for him?
(a) Investigating Jimmy Joe.
(b) Seeking Selma Hinds and discovering her daughter.
(c) Finding out who Melinda was.
(d) Find Melinda's car.

4. What are the terms of Sughrue and Torres's arrangement?
(a) Sughrue is not pursued and Melinda goes free.
(b) Stacy will take the blame for Melinda.
(c) Sughrue gets Melinda's money and Torres goes free.
(d) The police will only know what happened to Hyland.

5. When Stacy and Sughrue awake, what do they find?
(a) A notice to leave town.
(b) The police waiting for them.
(c) The money they need to leave town.
(d) Melinda and Trahearne have gone.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Stacy do to Hyland?

3. What will Trahearne pay Sughrue to do?

4. How does Catherine react to Sughrue after their sexual encounter?

5. How faithful was Trahearne during his and Catherine's marriage?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Melinda offer herself to Sughrue?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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