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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. Instead of sleeping with Cathering after their fight, what does Sughrue do?

2. What happened to Betty Sue in the hippie community of San Francisco?

3. What makes Catherine confront both Trahearne and Sughrue?

4. How does Rosie react when Sughrue tells her Betty Sue is dead?

5. What do Stacy and Sughrue spend a couple days doing after the ordeal at Hyland's home?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Is it possible for Sughrue to help Trahearne write? Why?

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

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

8. What is the novel's tone as Sughrue and Stacy stage an assault on Hyland's house?

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

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

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

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

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?

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