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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Sughrue recall about his torture technique and his discharge from Vietnam?
(a) His plans to escape using the techniques.
(b) He made one of them up.
(c) An officer taught the techniques to him.
(d) They occurred within days of each other.

2. Why did Sughrue quit the line of work he started in San Francisco?
(a) Sughrue hated breaking up fights.
(b) Sughrue disliked the mundane work.
(c) Sughrue wanted a new outlook on life.
(d) Sughrue found a butchered fourteen-year-old boy.

3. Where does Randall Jackson move to from San Francisco?
(a) Denver.
(b) Dallas.
(c) St. Louis.
(d) Canada.

4. How long has Betty Sue been gone?
(a) Fifteen years.
(b) Ten years.
(c) Five years.
(d) A few days.

5. As Saghure tries to leave Peggy's side, what is Trahearne trying to do?
(a) Have sex with another guest.
(b) Call Melinda on a pay phone.
(c) Interrogate other guests.
(d) Steal money from the desk.

6. What activity do Rosie and Sughrue partake in to calm themselves after the police questioning?
(a) Smoking.
(b) Drinking.
(c) Making love.
(d) Sleeping.

7. How many years did it take Betty Sue to call Jimmy?
(a) She's never contacted him.
(b) Four or five years.
(c) A decade.
(d) A day.

8. What plans does Sughrue make with a nurse while visiting Trahearne?
(a) A shopping trip.
(b) Discharge paperwork.
(c) A date.
(d) Home visits for Trahearne.

9. What odd subject does Sughrue bully Gleeson with?
(a) His well connected and dangerous friends.
(b) Robberies he got away with.
(c) The way he harmed small animals.
(d) Torture techniques he learned in Vietnam.

10. Why does Sughrue leave Melinda in the night?
(a) He needs a walk to clear his mind.
(b) He owes Catherine money.
(c) He realizes it's time to move on.
(d) He wants to escape her husband.

11. Why does Sughrue end up talking to Melinda after dinner?
(a) Catherine took Trahearne away.
(b) Trahearne passes out.
(c) Melinda will not let him leave the table.
(d) Sughrue wants to investigate Melinda.

12. What demeaning confession does Gleeson admit to Sughrue?
(a) He married Betty Sue.
(b) He planned to ride Betty Sue's possibly famous coattails.
(c) He treats women terribly.
(d) He dated Betty Sue's mother.

13. Where does Sughrue find the first visitor on the list of Betty Sue's friends?
(a) Church.
(b) The movie theater.
(c) His home.
(d) A shopping center.

14. How did Sughrue make a living in San Francisco after his discharge from the military?
(a) Managing an office.
(b) Cooking in a bar.
(c) Hunting down runaways.
(d) Running a gym.

15. How do the police react to the answers from Sughrue and Rosie?
(a) Confused because the story doesn't make sense.
(b) Grateful for such strong eyewitnesses.
(c) Knowledgeable that Sughrue and Rosie lied.
(d) Angry that Sughrue didn't do more to stop the event.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Sughrue describe Albert Griffith?

2. What is Professor Richter's academic expertise?

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

4. What did Selma Hinds do to help Betty Sue?

5. As Sughrue remembers, what caused the last woman he loved to refuse his marriage proposal?

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