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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the name of Catherine's father?
(a) Tom.
(b) Glenn.
(c) Richard.
(d) Carter.

2. What does Catherine pass on her way to the tenant shack at the beginning of the novel?
(a) A strawberry farm.
(b) A dead dog.
(c) A farmer.
(d) A dead squirrel.

3. What is the name of the librarian?
(a) Mrs. Lowton.
(b) Mrs. Weilenmann.
(c) Mrs. Whitman.
(d) Mrs. Johnson.

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

5. Where does Catherine want to go to buy new curtains and clothes?
(a) Memphis.
(b) New York.
(c) Little Rock.
(d) Biloxi.

6. Who is Betty?
(a) The town librarian.
(b) Catherine's parents' retired maid.
(c) Carl Perkins' mother-in-law.
(d) Catherine's best friend.

7. What does Catherine point out to Tom in his house that connects to part of hers?
(a) A sidewalk.
(b) A secret passageway.
(c) A buzzer.
(d) A telephone.

8. Who lived in Catherine's house before her parents?
(a) A relative of Randall's.
(b) The Perkins.
(c) Martin Barnes.
(d) Her grandparents.

9. Who is Randall Gerrard?
(a) Mary Jane's boyfriend.
(b) Betty's husband.
(c) Tom's brother.
(d) Catherine's boss.

10. What is Catherine able to tell just by looking at the cotton?
(a) It hadn't been tended to properly.
(b) It would provide a plentiful crop.
(c) It would make a sad crop.
(d) It was being picked prematurely.

11. What is Catherine's last name?
(a) London.
(b) Harris.
(c) Linton.
(d) Hughes.

12. What was the name of Catherine's mother?
(a) Rachel.
(b) Charlotte.
(c) Vera.
(d) Mary Ann.

13. What is the name of the "village idiot" of Lowfield?
(a) Cracker Thompson.
(b) Jerry Samson.
(c) Critter Jones.
(d) Sal Carson.

14. Who are Catherine's neighbors?
(a) The Harolds.
(b) The Perkins.
(c) The Johnsons.
(d) The Loukins.

15. What did Catherine's grandfather call his cotton farm?
(a) The country.
(b) The fields.
(c) The farm.
(d) The place.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the person Catherine saw on her way out to the tenant shack driving?

2. Who did Leona leave all of her money and possessions to in her will?

3. Who is Catherine?

4. What conclusion did the coroner's jury come to?

5. What item from her father's office does Catherine tell the sheriff she did not sell to Jerry Selforth?

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