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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. Why did Tom ask Catherine for a beer?
(a) He wanted to offer it to Randall.
(b) He wanted to go fishing.
(c) To show he had been at her house before.
(d) Because he is an alcoholic.

5. Who rents Catherine's property where the tenant house is located?
(a) Charles Walt.
(b) Martin Barnes.
(c) Barney Gaites.
(d) Carl Galton.

6. What did Catherine's mother teach her?
(a) How to ride a horse.
(b) How to bake a pie.
(c) How to be a lady.
(d) How to shoot a gun.

7. What was the person Catherine saw on her way out to the tenant shack driving?
(a) A dented yellow utility truck.
(b) A white convertible.
(c) A blue pick-up truck.
(d) A red station wagon.

8. According to Catherine, when was the last time she spoke to Leona before her death?
(a) Two days.
(b) One week.
(c) Three months.
(d) Six months.

9. What conclusion did the coroner's jury come to?
(a) Suicide.
(b) Accidental Death.
(c) Murder.
(d) Natural Causes.

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

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

12. Who does the body the Catherine discovers turn out to be?
(a) Leona Gaites.
(b) Shirley Meyers.
(c) Lyle Gardner.
(d) Mary Sue Gibson.

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

14. After Catherine tells the sheriff about her discovery, which of the following does he NOT offer her?
(a) A tranquilizer.
(b) A ride home.
(c) A cigarette.
(d) A drink.

15. What does Catherine do at the end of Chapter 1 that enables her steady her nerves?
(a) She takes deep breaths.
(b) She screams.
(c) She drinks a beer.
(d) She has a cigarette.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Catherine first notice when she looks in the door of the tenant house?

2. What day of the week is it when Catherine wakes up the morning after finding the dead body?

3. Where was Catherine when she learned about the death of her parents?

4. What weapon was used to kill Leona Gaites?

5. How old is Catherine?

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