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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who does the dispatcher call in while Catherine is in the sheriff's office?
(a) The doctor.
(b) The FBI.
(c) The deputies.
(d) Her mother.

3. What weapon was used to kill Leona Gaites?
(a) A knife.
(b) A shot gun.
(c) A baseball bat.
(d) A rubber hammer.

4. What does Catherine pass on her way to the tenant shack at the beginning of the novel?
(a) A dead dog.
(b) A dead squirrel.
(c) A farmer.
(d) A strawberry farm.

5. What is the name of Martin Barnes' daughter?
(a) Betty.
(b) Sally.
(c) Julie.
(d) Mary.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. According to Catherine, when was the last time she spoke to Leona before her death?

3. What is the name of Lowfield's new doctor?

4. What type of car does Tom drive?

5. What does Carl offer to do as Catherine is leaving the Perkins house?

(see the answer key)

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