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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. Who runs with Sughrue on his first morning in Montana?

2. When Sughrue arrives at the hotel room to seduce the nurse, Sughrue finds what?

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

4. What plans does Sughrue make with a nurse while visiting Trahearne?

5. How did Trahearne's mother seek revenge on those who hurt her?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Peggy Blain's explanation of Betty Sue contribute to the development of Betty Sue's allure?

2. Why is it significant that Albert Griffith searched the morgue for Betty Sue?

3. What is Jimmy Joe Flowers like?

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

5. What prompts Sughrue to say he will "rise and do what [he] knew he had to do, to what [he] owed the women"?

6. How does Sughrue's remark about his job and "the chase being over" indirectly characterize him?

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

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

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

10. What does Charles Gleeson's relationship with Betty Sue symbolize?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Rosie and Betty Sue are not together for a lengthy time in this novel, yet they are mother and daughter. How are Rosie and Betty Sue similar?

Essay Topic 2

The plot structure of a novel can be interpreted different ways. Most controversial is the climax, or most exciting part of the novel. What is the climax of this novel?

Essay Topic 3

Character traits are shown through their living quarters. Contrast Sughrue's acreage to Trahearne's home. How do their homes indirectly characterize them?

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