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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. According to the thoughts of the sheriff, why did someone move Leona's body?
(a) To deter the police.
(b) To make a quick get away.
(c) To move into her house.
(d) To delay the discovery of it.

2. Who took Catherine's statement at the sheriff's office?
(a) Sheriff Galton.
(b) Carl Perkins.
(c) Percy Eakins.
(d) Mary Jane Cory.

3. What was Catherine wearing when she learned about the death of her parents?
(a) A dress.
(b) A linen suit.
(c) Blue jeans.
(d) A uniform.

4. What type of car does Tom drive?
(a) A Volkswagen.
(b) A Toyota.
(c) A Subaru.
(d) A Pontiac.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Catherine's grandfather call his cotton farm?

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

3. What does Catherine assume about the woman whose body she discovered because of the location?

4. What is Catherine's last name?

5. Who does the dispatcher call in while Catherine is in the sheriff's office?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does Catherine tell Randall that she wants for her parents? What does this say about her part in the novel?

4. What does Catherine learn from Salton Sims about Leona Gaites? How is his revelation verified?

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

6. 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?

7. 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?

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

9. What do we learn about Catherin Linton in the first chapter and what do these descriptions tell us about her character?

10. 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?

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