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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 is it that's hanging around Oyster's neck?
(a) A locket
(b) A dreamcatcher
(c) A Hopi medicine bag
(d) A magical amulet to deflect the culling song

2. What is the name realtors give to the houses that are haunted?
(a) Haunted houses
(b) Distressed houses
(c) Chained houses
(d) Hopeless houses

3. What does Carl believe happened to the Stuarts?
(a) Helen sang them the culling song
(b) They died of natural causes
(c) Mona shot them
(d) Duncan repeated the song to them

4. What does Carl say is standard procedure with regard to a parent's role in a baby's death?
(a) To assume that they are to blame
(b) To assure them that they've done nothing wrong
(c) To question them separately
(d) To keep them away from the crime scene

5. What page is the book "Poems and Rhymes" open to in two of the homes where there was a crib death?
(a) Page 321
(b) Page 27
(c) Page 82
(d) Page 148

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the topic of the song that Carl reads to Duncan?

2. How old was Patrick when he died?

3. Why does Carl say he's asking about the deaths in his building?

4. What is Nash eating when Carl meets him in the bar?

5. How many copies of the book were there in the original press run?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Helen's husband die and what was the official cause of death?

2. What does Helen say was the reaction of her husband after the death of their son?

3. What is the significance of the story about the nurse who killed so many people?

4. What does Carl say about the sounds he hears from his apartment?

5. How does Helen get into the home of the woman with the chickens on her apron?

6. Describe the telephone conversation Helen is having when she meets Carl for the first time.

7. What is the "Roadkill Jesus" and what kind of people are gathering because of it?

8. What does Carl offer up as "credentials" that he's worthy of following this story and why does he give that information to Helen?

9. List at least four details Carl has for his first dead baby story.

10. What is Helen's real estate business based on?

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