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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 does Sughrue initially doubt concerning his relationship with Catherine?

2. What does Trahearne say his feelings are concerning Melinda, after he decides to help her get the money?

3. How does Stacy help Sughrue with Jackson and his men?

4. What makes Catherine confront both Trahearne and Sughrue?

5. What does Trahearne do to interrupt the scenario Sughrue is arranging inside Hyland's home?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Melinda offer herself to Sughrue?

2. How does Trahearne and Sughrue's war-story telling force them to bond?

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

4. When Sughrue walks away from Catherine, what does that mean?

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

6. According to Catherine, what is Trahearne and Melinda's marriage like?

7. Why would Sughrue immediately head out to California after the phone call from Jimmy Joe?

8. How is Catherine's sexual relationship with Sughrue manipulative?

9. Why does Catherine sleep with Sughrue?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Sughrue and Trahearne develop a relationship that changes as the novel progresses. These two men can be further explored due to their complexity. Compare and contrast Sughrue and Trahearne.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Catherine gives Sughrue an envelope with three checks. What does each check symbolize?

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