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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. Who is Molly Perkins?
(a) The librarian.
(b) Jerry Selforth's new nurse.
(c) Catherine's aunt.
(d) The coroner's wife.

2. Who does the dispatcher call in while Catherine is in the sheriff's office?
(a) The doctor.
(b) The deputies.
(c) Her mother.
(d) The FBI.

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

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

5. What is the name of the sheriff?
(a) Sheriff Boudreau.
(b) Sheriff James.
(c) Sheriff Galton.
(d) Sheriff Harton.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who rents one of the houses near the old tenant shack?

3. What job did Catherine ask Leona if she had applied for?

4. What is Catherine's last name?

5. What type of car does Tom drive?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Catherine momentarily suspicious of Randall when she is in his office the day after Tom's murder?

2. The morning after she finds Leona's body, how does Catherine feel when she firsts wakes up? How does this change? Can you explain the reasons for Catherine's feelings?

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

4. What is Catherine doing at the beginning of the novel?

5. Who is the killer? What is his or her medical diagnosis and why does it lead to murder?

6. What is the point of the buzzer that Catherine points out to Tom in his house? Does the author's inclusion of this indicate anything in the novel?

7. What information does Betty Eakins give to Catherine that could possibly help Catherine solve the crime?

8. What is the exchange between Percy Eakins and Catherine like at the sheriff's office as he takes her statement? Who does Percy turn out to be and how does this affect Catherine?

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

10. 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?

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