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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Catherine find in the tenant shack?
(a) Rats.
(b) A sick farmer.
(c) Freshly baked pies.
(d) A dead body.

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

3. What is Catherine able to tell just by looking at the cotton?
(a) It was being picked prematurely.
(b) It hadn't been tended to properly.
(c) It would provide a plentiful crop.
(d) It would make a sad crop.

4. What did Catherine's grandfather call his cotton farm?
(a) The fields.
(b) The farm.
(c) The country.
(d) The place.

5. Which of the following does NOT describe Carl Perkins?
(a) He drives a white Lincoln.
(b) He is the county coroner.
(c) He is Catherine's neighbor.
(d) He is interested in Catherine romantically.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of tree does Catherine park her car under at the tenant shack?

2. Where does Catherine live?

3. After Catherine tells the sheriff about her discovery, which of the following does he NOT offer her?

4. Why did Catherine feel obligated to be kind to the new doctor in Lowfield?

5. What does Catherine pass on her way to the tenant shack at the beginning of the novel?

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