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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What conclusion did the coroner's jury come to?
(a) Murder.
(b) Suicide.
(c) Accidental Death.
(d) Natural Causes.

2. Where is the sheriff's office located?
(a) Outside of town.
(b) Next to the post office.
(c) In front of the old jail.
(d) Near Catherine's house.

3. Where is the library located?
(a) By the sheriff's office.
(b) Beside Randall's house.
(c) Across from Catherine's house.
(d) Near the old tenant shack.

4. Where did Leona Gaites die?
(a) In the old tenant shack.
(b) In the hospital.
(c) In her house.
(d) In Catherine's father's office.

5. Who is the receptionist at the Lowfield Gazette interested in?
(a) Martin.
(b) Randall.
(c) Tom.
(d) Catherine.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Catherine first notice when she looks in the door of the tenant house?

2. What does Catherine find in the tenant shack?

3. Where does Catherine live?

4. What color did the tenant shack used to be?

5. What day of the week is it when Catherine wakes up the morning after finding the dead body?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Catherine have to go back to the crime scene with the sheriff and what is her reaction?

2. When does Catherine figure out who the killer is? How?

3. Who is interested in Tom Mascalco? Why does this person confide in Catherine? What is this person's reaction to Catherine and Tom's friendship?

4. Why does Martin Barnes come to see Catherine at the Lowfield Gazette on Tuesday? What is notable about their conversation?

5. What is the manner of Leona's death? Where does she die? Where does she ultimately end up and why does the sheriff think she was moved?

6. What was the conversation between Catherine and the librarian, Mrs. Weilenman, when she came to the Gazette to drop off materials?

7. Who does Catherine receive a call from while she is on her lunch break on Tuesday? What does this person accuse Catherine of and what is her response?

8. How does Randall explain his feelings to Catherine? What had he done to get her to notice him? How did he feel when she did not notice him?

9. What does Catherine decide to do after making her discovery in the tenant house? Does her emotional state deter her?

10. What does Jewel Crenna reveal to Catherine regarding Martin Barnes? How has Catherine's statement to the sheriff affected Martin Barnes' private life?

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