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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did Catherine initially decide to go over to the Perkins' house?
(a) To return a casserole dish.
(b) To ask about Leona.
(c) To see if they would watch her house.
(d) To ask Molly for more gumbo.

2. What job did Catherine ask Leona if she had applied for?
(a) A live-in nurse for the elderly.
(b) A teller at the bank.
(c) A nurse at the retirement home.
(d) The new doctor's nurse.

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

4. Who is Catherine?
(a) The author of the book.
(b) The heroine of the novel.
(c) The main character's mother.
(d) A minor character in the novel.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Catherine pestered by when she is out at the tenant shack?

2. What happened when Molly spilled coffee on Carl's hand?

3. What does Molly Perkins bring to Catherine's house?

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

5. What is Catherine doing out at the tenant shack?

(see the answer key)

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