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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Catherine dislike doing that is a sure-fire paper seller for the Gazette?
(a) Including wedding photos.
(b) Writing about children's birthdays.
(c) Fact checking her information.
(d) Writing a social commentary piece.

2. What do Catherine's after work guests come to visit Catherine for?
(a) To tell her a secret.
(b) To ask for a ride home.
(c) For the truth about Tom and Leila's relationship.
(d) A suit for Tom's funeral.

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

4. Where does the Perkins' son reside?
(a) New York.
(b) Lowfield.
(c) Los Angeles.
(d) New Orleans.

5. What is Randall's mother's name?
(a) Regina.
(b) Angel.
(c) Mary Sue.
(d) Maya.

6. Who does Randall bring with him to Catherine's house after she discovers Tom's body?
(a) A priest.
(b) His mother.
(c) Tom's parents.
(d) Sheriff Galton.

7. Where did Martin Barnes come to see Catherine?
(a) At work.
(b) At the sheriff's office.
(c) At Randall's house.
(d) At home.

8. Why does Melba Barnes call Catherine at the Gazette on Tuesday afternoon?
(a) To report a wedding.
(b) To see about her granddaughter's picture.
(c) To apologize.
(d) To ask her to dinner.

9. Where does Randall invite Catherine on their first date?
(a) To a concert in New Orleans.
(b) To a movie in Memphis.
(c) To a quiet restaurant in Lowfield.
(d) To his house for lunch.

10. What is Catherine doing when she receives a call from Mrs. Barnes?
(a) Finishing a news story.
(b) Making a grocery list.
(c) Cooking dinner.
(d) Cleaning the bathroom.

11. What did Catherine and Randall do after the police leave and Randall calls Tom's parents?
(a) Go to bed together.
(b) Discuss the connections of the murders.
(c) Make Tom's funeral arrangements.
(d) Go to Tom's house to clean out his possessions.

12. According to Randall and the sheriff, what would give the killer the idea that Tom wasn't home?
(a) Tom usually had dates every night.
(b) His car was in the shop.
(c) Catherine had evicted him.
(d) Tom had mentioned he was visiting his parents.

13. What is the typo in the paper that Tom and Catherine have a laugh about?
(a) Tom's last name was printed "Molasses."
(b) The Edmunds were "voyeurs" instead of voyagers.
(c) Law school was printed "lay" school.
(d) There was a cathedral length "vail."

14. What is Randall's job at the Gazette?
(a) Repairman.
(b) Reporter.
(c) Editor.
(d) Type setter.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the Perkins offer to Catherine as a guest?

2. Who does Betty admit to Catherine that she never did like?

3. Who comes to visit Catherine on Wednesday after work?

4. What does Catherine go to retrieve from the attic in her father's old office?

5. What letter of the alphabet does the animal Betty overheard Dr. Linton mention begin with?

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