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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4, Gathering Earth's Daughters.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What two words did the author use to describe the Minor family's beliefs?
(a) "Lightly sarcastic."
(b) "Founderingly heavy."
(c) "Muscularly evangelical."
(d) "Highly cynical."

2. Who arrested Merrett's killer?
(a) William Ward.
(b) Officer Burton.
(c) Henry Burton.
(d) Constable Tarrant.

3. What was the driving force behind Minor's spiral into "lust, madness, and perdition"?
(a) The women of Ceylon.
(b) The constant moving of his family.
(c) The drug culture of Ceylon.
(d) The gambling scene in Ceylon.

4. What would the definitive quotes show in the Oxford English Dictionary?
(a) How words could be combined.
(b) How words had been used over centuries.
(c) Where these words were most used.
(d) What kinds of words they were.

5. What kind of Christianity did the Murray family follow?
(a) Methodist.
(b) United Church of Christ.
(c) Seventh Day Adventists.
(d) Congregationalist.

Short Answer Questions

1. Merrett's killer was from ______________.

2. Murray was born next to the border of _________.

3. How did Murray spend most of his childhood?

4. What was the tragedy of the three shots fired named by the papers?

5. What were Merrett's killer's two former professional positions?

(see the answer key)

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