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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Catherine?
(a) The heroine of the novel.
(b) The main character's mother.
(c) The author of the book.
(d) A minor character in the novel.

2. What does Martin Barnes tell Catherine surprised him recently?
(a) That Catherine knows how to shoot.
(b) His wife's discovery of his affair.
(c) Catherine's relationship with Randall.
(d) A visit from Sheriff Galton.

3. What was Catherine's nickname in college?
(a) Cat.
(b) Sphinx.
(c) Shorty.
(d) Smiley.

4. What is Catherine doing when she receives a call from Mrs. Barnes?
(a) Cooking dinner.
(b) Making a grocery list.
(c) Cleaning the bathroom.
(d) Finishing a news story.

5. What does Catherine tell Randall that the sheriff thinks her motive for killing Leona would be?
(a) That she is a strange, disturbed woman.
(b) That she wanted vengeance for her parents' deaths.
(c) That she stands to inherit her property.
(d) That she never liked Leona.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following does NOT describe Tom?

2. What is Catherine pestered by when she is out at the tenant shack?

3. What is the name of the pressman at the Gazette?

4. What does Catherine threaten Mrs. Barnes with if she repeats her suspicions to anyone else?

5. What is Catherine mostly responsible for at the Gazette?

(see the answer key)

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