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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. When Gleeson saw Betty Sue after her disappearance, what was different about her?

2. What does Sughrue think about Betty Sue as the novel opens?

3. After speaking to Jimmy, what do Saghrue and Trahearne tell Rosie?

4. Whom did Betty Sue leave the commune with?

5. Where was Betty Sue when she called Jimmy?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Betty Sue have the power to make Sughrue fall under her spell when they have never met?

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

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

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

5. What does Sughrue's drastic actions with Jackson say about his involvement in the case?

6. What is Jimmy Joe Flowers like?

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

8. Sughrue is uncomfortable about Catherine and Trahearne's mother living together. Why?

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

10. How does Sughrue treat Charles Gleeson? Why?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Map Trahearne's injuries and hospitalizations. What did each hospitalization symbolize?

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

San Francisco as a location for much of the plot development is ironic. San Francisco has two sides--the place where free thinkers live and the place where people like Betty Sue disappear. What is ironic about the two views of San Francisco?

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