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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. What does Catherine assume about the woman whose body she discovered because of the location?
(a) She was dumb.
(b) She was raped.
(c) She had been kidnapped.
(d) She was poor.

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

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

4. What is the name of the receptionist at the Lowfield Gazette?
(a) Mary Sue.
(b) Claire.
(c) Sally.
(d) Leila.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following does NOT describe Carl Perkins?

2. Who does the sheriff choose as the first person to attempt to cross the tenant shack's collapsed porch at the crime scene?

3. Who comes to visit Catherine at the end of Chapter 6?

4. When a visitor rings the doorbell in Chapter 5, who does Catherine hope it is?

5. What is Catherine able to tell just by looking at the cotton?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Do you believe that Catherine's discovery of Tom's body has lessened or heightened Sheriff Galton's suspicion of her? What else in Chapter 11 could contribute to the heightening or lessening of the sheriff's suspicion of Catherine?

3. Why do Randall and Tom both pay Catherine a visit at her house after she comes home from the sheriff's office on the day she finds the body?

4. 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.

5. How does Catherine feel when she gets home from the sheriff's office in Chapter 4? Why?

6. Describe Molly Perkins' apparent emotional state when Catherine pays the Perkins a visit in Chapter 9. Why does Catherine believe she is acting the way she is? What does Carl tell Catherine is Molly's reason for acting strangely?

7. The morning after she finds Leona's body, how does Catherine feel when she firsts wakes up? How does this change? Can you explain the reasons for Catherine's feelings?

8. What is the exchange between Percy Eakins and Catherine like at the sheriff's office as he takes her statement? Who does Percy turn out to be and how does this affect Catherine?

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

10. Why does Catherine decide to solve the crime by herself and not go to the police or Randall for help first?

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