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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What happened to Tom Mascalco's fiance in Memphis?
(a) She moved out of the country.
(b) He broke off their engagement.
(c) She was killed in a car accident.
(d) She dumped him.

3. What job did Catherine ask Leona if she had applied for?
(a) A live-in nurse for the elderly.
(b) A nurse at the retirement home.
(c) The new doctor's nurse.
(d) A teller at the bank.

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

5. Who taught Catherine how to shoot?
(a) Her grandfather.
(b) Her mother.
(c) Her father.
(d) Her best friend.

6. What type of tree does Catherine park her car under at the tenant shack?
(a) Elm.
(b) Cherry.
(c) Maple.
(d) Oak.

7. Who does the sheriff choose as the first person to attempt to cross the tenant shack's collapsed porch at the crime scene?
(a) Ralph Carson.
(b) Percy Newman.
(c) Martin Barnes.
(d) Barney Galton.

8. Who left the beer in Catherine's refrigerator?
(a) Carl.
(b) Mary Jane.
(c) Betty.
(d) Tom.

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

10. What color is the sheriff's car?
(a) White.
(b) Navy blue.
(c) Bright green.
(d) Red with white stripes.

11. Where does Tom live?
(a) In Catherine's father's old office.
(b) With Randall.
(c) In Mary Jane Cory's basement.
(d) At an apartment near the grocery store.

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

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

14. What type of book is Catherine halfway through when the murder takes place?
(a) A poetry book.
(b) A romance novel.
(c) A book of short stories.
(d) A murder mystery.

15. How does Catherine feel when she wakes up the morning after finding the dead body?
(a) Happy.
(b) Distraught.
(c) At peace.
(d) Worried.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of Catherine's father?

2. Who is the author of "Sweet and Deadly?"

3. What did Catherine's mother teach her?

4. What was the name of Catherine's mother?

5. Which of the following does NOT describe Randall Gerrard?

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