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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is the sheriff's office located?
(a) Near Catherine's house.
(b) In front of the old jail.
(c) Outside of town.
(d) Next to the post office.

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

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

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

5. What story is Tom busy writing when Catherine arrives at the Gazette the Monday after her discovery?
(a) A story about Leona's murder.
(b) A story about the baseball championship.
(c) A story about the town's birthday parties.
(d) A story about Martin Barnes being arrested.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Carl Perkins ask Catherine on Tuesday?

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

4. What does Catherine offer Randall after their day trip?

5. Who does the body the Catherine discovers turn out to be?

(see the answer key)

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