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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Trahearne say he learned during the war?
(a) How to run from his problems.
(b) How to treat women.
(c) How to drink.
(d) How to kill and how to live.

2. What war story does Sughrue reveal to Trahearne?
(a) Sughrue left a wife in Vietnam.
(b) Sughrue accidentally killed a family of civilians in Vietnam.
(c) Sughrue actually was never in war.
(d) Sughrue had nightmares from the events.

3. At the end of their romantic interlude, what do Catherine and Sughrue confess to each other?
(a) They want to break up Melinda and Trahearne's marriage.
(b) They used each other.
(c) They dislike each other.
(d) They have feelings for each other.

4. Where does Sughrue take Stacy after the ordeal at Hyland's home?
(a) His acreage.
(b) San Francisco.
(c) Stacy's house.
(d) Selma's house.

5. Why does Sughrue not accept Melinda's offer of herself?
(a) Sughrue is developing feelings for Stacy.
(b) Sughrue knows Melinda and Trahearne love each other.
(c) Sughrue does not want to anger Trahearne.
(d) Sughrue thinks Melinda is dangerous.

6. What happened during Betty Sue's abortion?
(a) It was botched and she needed a hysterectomy.
(b) The police found out about it.
(c) She discovered she wasn't pregnant.
(d) She had a seizure.

7. When Stacy and Sughrue awake, what do they find?
(a) The police waiting for them.
(b) The money they need to leave town.
(c) A notice to leave town.
(d) Melinda and Trahearne have gone.

8. What happened to Betty Sue in the hippie community of San Francisco?
(a) She fell in love.
(b) She got in trouble with Jackson.
(c) She went to college.
(d) She opened a tattoo parlor.

9. What does Trahearne want to make his novel different than?
(a) Pretentious and fake gibberish.
(b) Other people's writing.
(c) Researched and stiff books.
(d) His sentimental poetry and far-fetched fiction.

10. What work did Trahearne want Sughrue to do for him?
(a) Seeking Selma Hinds and discovering her daughter.
(b) Find Melinda's car.
(c) Finding out who Melinda was.
(d) Investigating Jimmy Joe.

11. What does Sughrue do at his acreage in Montana?
(a) Starts a daily exercise regimen.
(b) Stops worrying about Betty Sue and Rosie.
(c) Recovers from the beating he received from Jackson's men.
(d) Writes a novel.

12. What does Selma have when Sughrue and Trahearne arrive at her home together?
(a) Breakfast.
(b) A shotgun.
(c) Family heirlooms.
(d) Paperwork to sign.

13. How does Rosie react when Sughrue tells her Betty Sue is dead?
(a) She goes into shock.
(b) She hits Sughrue.
(c) She refuses to believe it.
(d) She cries and faints.

14. What specifically is Trahearne going to write about?
(a) Romance and heartbreak.
(b) Youth and stupidity.
(c) Love and forgiveness.
(d) Flowers and nature.

15. After making the agreement between Sughrue and Torres, where do Sughrue and the others take Jackson?
(a) An alley.
(b) His office.
(c) His home.
(d) A hospital.

Short Answer Questions

1. What final term does Torres insist upon with Sughrue, concerning Melinda?

2. What is on the newspaper clipping Trahearne finds in Melinda's things?

3. What has Trahearne decided about the money Melinda owes?

4. What negative behavior does Trahearne begin after he arrives at Sughrue's acreage in Montana?

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

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