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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 3-4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Catherine realize about the dog she saw at the beginning of the novel?
(a) The dog must belong to the killer.
(b) The dog was a potential witness to the crime.
(c) The same person who killed her father's nurse killed the dog.
(d) The dog must have belonged to her father's nurse.

2. What is the dispatcher doing as Catherine enters the sheriff's office?
(a) Talking on the phone.
(b) Filing.
(c) Typing.
(d) Cleaning her desk.

3. What is the name of the librarian?
(a) Mrs. Whitman.
(b) Mrs. Johnson.
(c) Mrs. Weilenmann.
(d) Mrs. Lowton.

4. What type of book is Catherine halfway through when the murder takes place?
(a) A book of short stories.
(b) A murder mystery.
(c) A poetry book.
(d) A romance novel.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the dispatcher at the sheriff's office?

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

3. What does Catherine find in the tenant shack?

4. Where is the library located?

5. Which of the following does NOT describe Tom?

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