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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 Catherine reveal about her first husband?

2. Jimmy Joe alleges to Rosie that Betty Sue sent him what?

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

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

5. After Sughrue finds Betty Sue, who does he convince her to call?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How do the activities that Sughrue and Stacy do epitomize their relationship?

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

6. Why does Trahearne start drinking again?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Many characters manipulate themselves out of trouble with the police. Does this happen at certain points during the plot? How does the timing of this manipulation add to the plot?

Essay Topic 2

How does Melinda's desire to live her own life contribute to her death?

Essay Topic 3

What does the novel's title mean? Which characters does it reference? Why?

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