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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 Catherine react to Sughrue after their sexual encounter?
(a) Jovially.
(b) Irritably.
(c) Calmly.
(d) Angrily.

2. Who seems to have overheard the conversation between Sughrue and Melinda?
(a) No one.
(b) Stacy.
(c) Torres.
(d) Trahearne.

3. Instead of sleeping with Cathering after their fight, what does Sughrue do?
(a) He makes a superficial joke about her age.
(b) He tries to start a serious relationship with her.
(c) He asks for money.
(d) He teases her about Trahearne.

4. What do Jackson and his men do at the Hind's home?
(a) Steal all the jewelry and electronics.
(b) Shoot the animals and kidnap Melinda.
(c) Hurt Selma and send her to the hospital.
(d) Kidnap Jimmy Joe.

5. What negative behavior does Trahearne begin after he arrives at Sughrue's acreage in Montana?
(a) Self mutilating.
(b) Not eating.
(c) Hair pulling.
(d) Binge drinking.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Selma have when Sughrue and Trahearne arrive at her home together?

3. What does Trahearne plan to do with his life that Sughrue feels he must stop?

4. What does Trahearne say he learned during the war?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Catherine sleep with Sughrue?

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

3. What is a possibility behind Rosie's reaction to the news about Betty Sue?

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

5. Why would Torres still demand the forty thousand dollars from Melinda?

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

7. Why does Trahearne start drinking again?

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

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

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

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