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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following does NOT describe Tom?
(a) Clean shaven.
(b) Catherine's neighbor.
(c) A reporter at the newspaper.
(d) Long lean frame.

2. Who does Catherine tell the sheriff she saw on her way out to the tenant shack?
(a) Betty Eakins.
(b) Martin Barnes.
(c) Tom Mascalco.
(d) Carl Perkins.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Catherine wearing when she learned about the death of her parents?

2. What did Catherine's mother teach her?

3. Who does the dispatcher call in while Catherine is in the sheriff's office?

4. Who is Catherine?

5. Where is the sheriff's office located?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Randall explain his feelings to Catherine? What had he done to get her to notice him? How did he feel when she did not notice him?

2. Who does Randall fear that Leona may have blackmailed and why? How would Leona have gotten this information?

3. How do the people of Lowfield react toward Catherine after she discovers Leona's body? What does Catherine compare it to?

4. What is Catherine doing at the beginning of the novel?

5. What is the atmosphere at work like on Tuesday? When is the newspaper deadline and what mishaps occur to stress the workers of the paper?

6. Describe the change in Catherine's character in Chapter 11? Does her personality seem to change at all? Who notices?

7. What is the exchange between Catherine and the sheriff like and how does Catherine feel about this?

8. Describe the discovery of Tom's body. What is Catherine's reaction and her emotional state? Who else is in Tom's house and why?

9. The reader is introduced to Tom Mascalco in the previous chapter but more is revealed about him in Chapter 6. Describe Tom Mascalco and his relationship with Catherine.

10. What does Catherine learn from Salton Sims about Leona Gaites? How is his revelation verified?

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