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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 23-27.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are the newspapers calling the English Ivy that's run wild?
(a) Wild Ivy
(b) The Ivy Monster
(c) Green Giant
(d) The Green Menace

2. What does Carl discover after saying the culling poem in the shower?
(a) That he was probably heard in the apartment next door
(b) That it's suddenly silent in the rest of the building
(c) That everyone has turned off their televisions and music
(d) That there's a vent that carries sound to other apartments

3. What is the setting for the story Carl reads about the 1983 case in which the nurse's aide kills a patient?
(a) New York, New York
(b) Vienna, Austria
(c) Florence, Italy
(d) Lincoln, Nebraska

4. What color are the candles Mona places on the flat rock on the floor?
(a) Purple and white
(b) Orange and yellow
(c) Black and blue
(d) Gold and silver

5. What is the source of the light on the table in the bar when Carl meets Nash?
(a) A single candle
(b) A lamp hanging from the ceiling
(c) The florescent light on the ceiling
(d) A series of candles of different sizes

Short Answer Questions

1. What is on the apron worn by the woman in the kitchen?

2. Why does Helen tell the librarian she needs to know who checked out the book with the culling song?

3. Why does Helen say they couldn't get the three copies of the book from the Book Barn?

4. What does Oyster do with Mona's copy of "Traditional Tribal Hobby-Krafts?"

5. Who is the radio personality Carl kills?

(see the answer key)

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