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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does the sheriff choose as the first person to attempt to cross the tenant shack's collapsed porch at the crime scene?
(a) Ralph Carson.
(b) Martin Barnes.
(c) Percy Newman.
(d) Barney Galton.

2. What is the name of Lowfield's new doctor?
(a) Dr. Albert Einstein.
(b) Dr. Robert Galston.
(c) Dr. John Sellers.
(d) Dr. Jerry Selforth.

3. Who comes to visit Catherine in Chapter 5?
(a) Sheriff Galton.
(b) Tom Mascalco.
(c) Randall Gerrard.
(d) Betty Eakins.

4. What was Catherine's nickname in college?
(a) Shorty.
(b) Smiley.
(c) Sphinx.
(d) Cat.

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 has a cigarette.
(d) She screams.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Catherine able to tell just by looking at the cotton?

2. What does Catherine realize about the dog she saw at the beginning of the novel?

3. When a visitor rings the doorbell in Chapter 5, who does Catherine hope it is?

4. Who left the beer in Catherine's refrigerator?

5. Where does Catherine live?

(see the answer key)

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