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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 was the name of Catherine's father?
(a) Richard.
(b) Carter.
(c) Glenn.
(d) Tom.
2. Who is Catherine?
(a) The main character's mother.
(b) The author of the book.
(c) A minor character in the novel.
(d) The heroine of the novel.
3. What does Molly Perkins bring to Catherine's house?
(a) Apple pie.
(b) Lentils.
(c) Gumbo.
(d) Fried chicken.
4. What did Catherine call her father's nurse as a child?
(a) Miss Gaites.
(b) Miss Meyers.
(c) Miss Leona.
(d) Miss Shirley.
5. Who left the beer in Catherine's refrigerator?
(a) Betty.
(b) Carl.
(c) Mary Jane.
(d) Tom.
Short Answer Questions
1. Who rents Catherine's property where the tenant house is located?
2. Who is the receptionist at the Lowfield Gazette interested in?
3. What was the name of Catherine's mother?
4. How does Catherine feel when she wakes up the morning after finding the dead body?
5. Who did Leona leave all of her money and possessions to in her will?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is Catherine doing at the beginning of the novel?
2. Why does Catherine become suspicious of everyone in town in Chapter 10? What does this tell us about her at this point in the novel?
3. 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?
4. What does Catherine's state of mind appear to be in the beginning of the novel?
5. Why does Catherine decide to solve the crime by herself and not go to the police or Randall for help first?
6. Why is Catherine momentarily suspicious of Randall when she is in his office the day after Tom's murder?
7. Why does Leila want to hide any evidence of her presence in Tom's house? What do she and Catherine do to accomplish this? Why does Catherine help and lie for her?
8. What does Catherine learn from Salton Sims about Leona Gaites? How is his revelation verified?
9. Who does Catherine see on the way to the farm the day she discovers the body? Where does she see this person? How does she feel about telling this to the sheriff?
10. What does Catherine decide to do after making her discovery in the tenant house? Does her emotional state deter her?
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