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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where do Sughrue and Catherine go to sleep together?
(a) A hotel room.
(b) The storage closet at Sughrue's job.
(c) The back of a car.
(d) Sughrue's home.

2. What has Trahearne decided about the money Melinda owes?
(a) Trahearne will get an advance from a publisher.
(b) Melinda and her family will never find that money.
(c) Trahearne can only get a fourth of it for Melinda.
(d) Melinda must figure it out herself.

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

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

5. What does Catherine reveal about her first husband?
(a) He was a teacher.
(b) He had a wild streak.
(c) He was in a war.
(d) He was submissive.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sughrue initially doubt concerning his relationship with Catherine?

2. When did Catherine fall in love with Trahearne?

3. After Sughrue finds Betty Sue, Betty Sue and Sughrue go and do what?

4. What is Sughrue doing when Trahearne asks him to visit because Melinda is on one of her trips?

5. What curiosity is Trahearne obsessed about concerning Melinda?

Short Essay Questions

1. How would Melinda's past life affected her present day life?

2. Is Sughrue's reaction to finding Melinda at Selma's home realistic? Why?

3. Why does Trahearne start drinking again?

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

5. How do Sughrue and Traherne get along in Montana?

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

7. Why does Catherine sleep with Sughrue?

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

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

10. Why would Selma have lied to Sughrue about Betty Sue's death?

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