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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. How old is Tarot?
(a) 22.
(b) 24.
(c) 12.
(d) 20.

2. How long does it take the bartender to retrieve Hollis when March calls in Chapter 5?
(a) 5 minutes.
(b) 12 minutes.
(c) 30 minutes.
(d) 1 minutes.

3. Who brings Alan groceries each week?
(a) A social worker.
(b) Hank.
(c) Louise Justice.
(d) Judith.

4. What does March plan to plant at the gravesite later in the week?
(a) A rose bush.
(b) Wild asters.
(c) A small evergreen bush.
(d) Flower bulbs.

5. Who among the pallbearers installed an air conditioner for Judith Dale the previous summer?
(a) Harry Laughton.
(b) Jack Harvey.
(c) Ken Helm.
(d) Sam Deveroux.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the first character to speak dialogue in Chapter 1?

2. What is Alan's Friday ritual?

3. Who says "your loss" in Chapter 5?

4. What does March see at Judith's grave?

5. What name does Alan refer to himself as?

Short Essay Questions

1. What types of items of Judith's has March located and what has she decided to do with them?

2. What kind of information does Susie know as a reporter for the local newspaper?

3. Why has March brought her daughter, Gwen, with her to bury Judith Dale and settle her estate?

4. What causes the pain in the side that Louise has in Chapter 11?

5. How is Gwen dressed for the funeral of Judith Dale?

6. What horses does Hollis own and why?

7. The house Hollis owns is falling apart and he receives satisfaction from this. Why?

8. In general, what do the women in town think about Hollis?

9. Why does Gwen decide to play the good girl in Chapter 10? How does she go about it?

10. What does Harriet want to gossip about with Louise, and how does Louise respond?

(see the answer keys)

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