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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 32-35.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Carl say his family was able to solve problems?
(a) With a family trip
(b) By talking over their problems
(c) By hugging
(d) With a game of Parcheesi

2. What does Helen say is Carl's name when she introduces herself as Brenda Williams?
(a) William
(b) Robert
(c) Carl
(d) James

3. What is next to the radio on Mona's desk?
(a) A magazine
(b) A miniature house
(c) A police scanner
(d) A make-up mirror

4. How does Carl keep his mind occupied after leaving the office?
(a) He sings the culling song
(b) He counts his steps
(c) He plans his next story
(d) He imagines what his comments for Duncan's feature story

5. What is the newscast that Helen hears that she encourages the others to listen to?
(a) That everyone in Carl's apartment building has died
(b) That a drug dealer is dead in Maimi
(c) That a senator has died of no apparent reason
(d) That the president has been assassinated

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the setting for the story Carl reads about the 1983 case in which the nurse's aide kills a patient?

2. What does Carl discover after saying the culling poem in the shower?

3. What is the name of the book Helen writes in when she's given a new assassination assignment?

4. What color is the cow in the middle of the street in Stone River, Nebraska?

5. What does Helen drop while she and Carl are riding the Ferris wheel?

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