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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 Sughrue visits Selma Hinds to discover why she lied to him, what does he discover?

2. What does Stacy do to Hyland?

3. Where do Sughrue and Catherine go to sleep together?

4. When did Trahearne realize Sughrue had the investigative skills he lacked?

5. What are the terms of Sughrue and Torres's arrangement?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Trahearne start drinking again?

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

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

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

6. Has Trahearne been fair to Sughrue, in his use of Sughrue's investigative skills?

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

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

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

10. What does it say about Stacy that she invites Sughrue to her bed after hearing his conversation with Melinda?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Comment on how the different characters use alcohol. Look at Trahearne, Sughrue and Rosie. In what way does the characters' uses of alcohol characterize them?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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