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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What day did Catherine tell Carl Perkins are busy days at the Gazette?
(a) Monday.
(b) Friday.
(c) Saturday.
(d) Wednesday.

2. Where does Catherine find Tom's body?
(a) In the living room.
(b) In the bedroom.
(c) On the porch.
(d) In the kitchen.

3. What day is the Gazette printed?
(a) Sunday.
(b) Friday.
(c) Thursday.
(d) Wednesday.

4. Who does Carl Perkins think Catherine's boyfriend is?
(a) Martin.
(b) Tom.
(c) Randall.
(d) Salton.

5. Who bribed Randall's father?
(a) A newspaper advertiser.
(b) A local politician.
(c) Leona Gaites.
(d) Randall's mother.

6. What did the Perkins offer to Catherine as a guest?
(a) Slippers.
(b) Dessert.
(c) Coffee.
(d) A cocktail.

7. Who leaves brownies for Catherine at her door?
(a) Sally Barnes.
(b) Molly Perkins.
(c) Jewel Crenna.
(d) Betty Eakins.

8. What does Mrs. Barnes accuse Catherine of when she calls?
(a) Not renewing the Barnes' lease.
(b) Sleeping with her husband.
(c) Not inviting her to dinner.
(d) Killing Leona.

9. Who does Carl tell Catherine that Molly is scared for?
(a) Herself.
(b) Catherine.
(c) The new baby.
(d) Josh.

10. Where does Catherine go after her visit with Betty?
(a) To work.
(b) The cemetery.
(c) Home.
(d) To the sheriff's office.

11. What is the name of the doctor whose popular column appears in the Lowfield Gazette each week?
(a) Dr. Croft.
(b) Dr. Selforth.
(c) Dr. Swinton.
(d) Dr. Pepper.

12. What does Catherine have to resist the temptation to tell Mrs. Barnes?
(a) Leona Gaites was performing abortions.
(b) Jewel Crenna is sleeping with her husband.
(c) Sheriff Galton might be the murderer.
(d) Catherine is interested in Randall.

13. What does Catherine tell Randall that the sheriff thinks her motive for killing Leona would be?
(a) That she never liked Leona.
(b) That she wanted vengeance for her parents' deaths.
(c) That she stands to inherit her property.
(d) That she is a strange, disturbed woman.

14. What does the source of the buzz sound Catherine hears while cleaning Tuesday night turn out to be?
(a) The hum of the AC turning on.
(b) A bee in the kitchen.
(c) The buzzer from her father's old office.
(d) The timer on the oven.

15. Who greeted Catherine at the sheriff's office with an urgent message?
(a) Deputy Eakins.
(b) Sheriff Galton.
(c) Randall Gerrard.
(d) Jewel Crenna.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Sheriff Galton send to the Gazette to search through Tom's desk?

2. Who else does Catherine find in Tom's house on the night he is killed?

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

4. What do Catherine's after work guests come to visit Catherine for?

5. Where does Randall invite Catherine on their first date?

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