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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Selma Hinds do to help Betty Sue?

2. How does Sughrue describe Albert Griffith?

3. What reason does Trahearne provide for wanting to travel with Sughrue?

4. How does Albert Griffith feel about Betty Sue, even after marriage and fathering two kids?

5. What best describes Jimmy Flowers?

Short Essay Questions

1. Is Edna's treatment of Sughrue out of character for her? Why?

2. Sughrue and the nurse connect quickly. What side of his personality does this event reveal?

3. How does Trahearne's interpretation of Catherine align with what the audience knows about her?

4. What does Melinda's present life say about her now?

5. What does Sughrue's interactions with Jackson show about his investigative skills?

6. How does Trahearne react to the porn Professor Richter shows him and Sughrue?

7. What tone is set when Sughrue says people in his business need "a moral certitude that I no longer even claimed to possess"?

8. What do Sughrue and Trahearne's interactions with the nurse teach the readers about these two men?

9. What is foreshadowed by Trahearne's eagerness to travel with Sughrue in the search for Betty Sue?

10. Are Sughrue's descriptions of Albert Griffith accurate? Why or why not?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Sughrue describes Melinda's sculptures many times and realizes there is a connection between Melinda and her art. How do these sculptures parallel Melinda?

Essay Topic 2

Why does Sughrue continue his search for Betty Sue? Give support to how Sughrue's passion drives him in his job.

Essay Topic 3

Several characters mention that Betty Sue can put spells on people. Indeed, she does seem unforgettable. How does Betty Sue cast a spell on characters in the book?

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