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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What day of the week is it when Catherine wakes up the morning after finding the dead body?
(a) Monday.
(b) Wednesday.
(c) Sunday.
(d) Saturday.

2. How old is Catherine?
(a) Twenty-nine.
(b) Twenty-five.
(c) Twenty-three.
(d) Thirty.

3. What does Tom reveal to Catherine that the sheriff's son is doing?
(a) Stealing cars.
(b) Playing football.
(c) Writing newstories.
(d) Selling dope.

4. What does Catherine find in the tenant shack?
(a) A dead body.
(b) A sick farmer.
(c) Rats.
(d) Freshly baked pies.

5. Who does the dispatcher call in while Catherine is in the sheriff's office?
(a) The doctor.
(b) The FBI.
(c) Her mother.
(d) The deputies.

6. Which of the following does NOT describe Molly Perkins?
(a) Blue eyes.
(b) Short.
(c) Thin.
(d) Large chest.

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

8. What was Catherine wearing when she learned about the death of her parents?
(a) A uniform.
(b) A linen suit.
(c) Blue jeans.
(d) A dress.

9. What does the sheriff tell the dispatcher to call enough men for?
(a) A game of basketball.
(b) To guard Catherine's house.
(c) A coroner's jury.
(d) To work on his house.

10. What is Catherine irritated that she forgot when she came out to the tenant shack?
(a) A hairband.
(b) Her friend.
(c) Beer.
(d) Bullets.

11. What is Catherine pestered by when she is out at the tenant shack?
(a) Horseflies.
(b) Dogs.
(c) Rats.
(d) Mosquitoes.

12. Who took Catherine's statement at the sheriff's office?
(a) Mary Jane Cory.
(b) Sheriff Galton.
(c) Percy Eakins.
(d) Carl Perkins.

13. What does Catherine first notice when she looks in the door of the tenant house?
(a) A farmer's hat.
(b) A rat.
(c) A worn rug.
(d) A hand.

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

15. What is the name of the deputy whose job it is to take pictures of the scene?
(a) Mike.
(b) Percy.
(c) Samson.
(d) Paul.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the sheriff?

2. What did Catherine call her father's nurse as a child?

3. Who is Molly Perkins?

4. What does Catherine pass on her way to the tenant shack at the beginning of the novel?

5. Where does Tom live?

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