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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 does Catherine realize about the dog she saw at the beginning of the novel?
(a) The dog must have belonged to her father's nurse.
(b) The dog must belong to the killer.
(c) The dog was a potential witness to the crime.
(d) The same person who killed her father's nurse killed the dog.

2. What is the name of Martin Barnes' daughter?
(a) Julie.
(b) Mary.
(c) Sally.
(d) Betty.

3. What is the dispatcher doing as Catherine enters the sheriff's office?
(a) Cleaning her desk.
(b) Filing.
(c) Talking on the phone.
(d) Typing.

4. What does Catherine assume about the woman whose body she discovered because of the location?
(a) She was raped.
(b) She had been kidnapped.
(c) She was dumb.
(d) She was poor.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of book is Catherine halfway through when the murder takes place?

2. Where was Catherine when she learned about the death of her parents?

3. Who comes to visit Catherine in Chapter 5?

4. What did Catherine's mother teach her?

5. What was the person Catherine saw on her way out to the tenant shack driving?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Molly Perkins' apparent emotional state when Catherine pays the Perkins a visit in Chapter 9. Why does Catherine believe she is acting the way she is? What does Carl tell Catherine is Molly's reason for acting strangely?

2. What does Catherine notice about Carl Perkins' appearance in Chapter 9? What does she assume it has to do with?

3. 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?

4. 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?

5. How do the people of Lowfield react toward Catherine after she discovers Leona's body? What does Catherine compare it to?

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

7. What is the atmosphere at work like on Tuesday? When is the newspaper deadline and what mishaps occur to stress the workers of the paper?

8. 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?

9. What is the place or position of the Perkins family in Lowfield? Who are they as citizens of the town?

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

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