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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. How does Catherine feel when she wakes up the morning after finding the dead body?
(a) Happy.
(b) At peace.
(c) Distraught.
(d) Worried.

2. After Catherine tells the sheriff about her discovery, which of the following does he NOT offer her?
(a) A cigarette.
(b) A drink.
(c) A ride home.
(d) A tranquilizer.

3. Who rents Catherine's property where the tenant house is located?
(a) Martin Barnes.
(b) Charles Walt.
(c) Barney Gaites.
(d) Carl Galton.

4. How old is Catherine?
(a) Thirty.
(b) Twenty-five.
(c) Twenty-three.
(d) Twenty-nine.

5. Who rents one of the houses near the old tenant shack?
(a) Tom Mascalco.
(b) Betty Eakins.
(c) Martin Barnes.
(d) Jewel Crenna.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of Catherine's mother?

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

3. Where does Catherine live?

4. Which of the following does NOT describe Molly Perkins?

5. Why did Catherine feel obligated to be kind to the new doctor in Lowfield?

Short Essay Questions

1. Do you believe that Catherine's discovery of Tom's body has lessened or heightened Sheriff Galton's suspicion of her? What else in Chapter 11 could contribute to the heightening or lessening of the sheriff's suspicion of Catherine?

2. What is Catherine's explanation for why her father's old office is so close to her home?

3. Who does the body that Catherine discovers turn out to be and why is the sheriff disturbed at the discovery?

4. How did Catherine feel about Leona Gaites?

5. Is Sheriff Galton suspicious of Catherine? Why would he be suspicious of her? What is his advice for her?

6. Describe the change in Catherine's character in Chapter 11? Does her personality seem to change at all? Who notices?

7. Catherine receives a telephone call from Sally, Martin Barnes' daughter. She is calling to offer her condolences, but she also offers up some information about Martin. What is that information, and what does Catherine deduce as a result of the information?

8. Why do people feel so comfortable confiding their secrets to Catherine? How does Catherine feel about the secrets of the town and being the one they are told to?

9. What is the procedure at the crime scene as explained by Sheriff Galton?

10. From the descriptions in Chapter 1, describe where this novel is taking place.

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