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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. Who teaches Catherine how to make her secret potion?
(a) Her grandmother.
(b) A minister's wife.
(c) A voodoo witch.
(d) A gypsy.

2. What is the narrator's name?
(a) Collin Fenwick.
(b) Riley Talbo.
(c) Collin Talbo.
(d) Michael Fenwick.

3. What is the name of the character whom Verena had been attached to and heartbroken by?
(a) Junius Candle.
(b) James Henderson.
(c) Maudie Murphy.
(d) Charles Cool.

4. How old is the character of Catherine?
(a) About fifty.
(b) About forty.
(c) About sixty.
(d) About seventy.

5. Where does Riley's mother go?
(a) New Orleans.
(b) Africa.
(c) Las Vegas.
(d) An institution.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who says, "Today, when I started out with the Sheriff's party, I was a man convinced that his life will have passed uncommunicated and without trace. I think now that I will not have been so unfortunate"?

2. What is the father's name of the sisters with whom the narrator went to live?

3. Where is the man who asked Catherine to marry him?

4. Where does Verena meet Dr. Ritz?

5. If it hadn't been for whom, no one would have known that they were in the tree?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Dolly react to the Sheriff's demands? What does the Judge do?

2. What is the story behind Riley's parents?

3. Why is the narrator envious of Riley? What responsibilities does Riley have?

4. What does the Judge speak of regarding trust in Chapter 3?

5. Describe the differences between Dolly and Verena's mannerisms and bedrooms.

6. How does the law get involved in the matter between Dolly and Verena?

7. What is Dolly's story with the gypsy women?

8. How does Catherine come to stay on the Talbo property? Describe this character.

9. What "secret" does Catherine reveal in Chapter 3?

10. What does Dolly declare about love in Chapter 3?

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