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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 10-14.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Carl discover about his ability to remember the culling song?
(a) That he can remember the words
(b) He has to look at the words again in his notes
(c) He has to look at the words again in the book
(d) He has to call Helen and ask for the first line

2. What does Carl believe happened to Helen's husband and son?
(a) Helen read them the culling song
(b) They died in a car accident
(c) Helen shot them
(d) The husband had a heart attack and the son died of crib death

3. When is it that the sound of the baby's crying usually begins?
(a) A couple of nights after moving in
(b) At least a week after moving in
(c) The first night after moving in
(d) A couple of months after moving in

4. What is the image the owners usually see reflected in the water in the tub?
(a) A baby
(b) A wrinkled face
(c) The Grim Reaper
(d) A pig

5. What is the first class action lawsuit Carl sees in the newspaper?
(a) Spiders hatching out of furniture
(b) Televisions that explode
(c) Beer that causes blindness
(d) Spoiled meat served in restaurants

Short Answer Questions

1. What flies out of the mouth of the officer who is killed by Carl singing the culling song?

2. What does the "flying virgin" write across the New Mexican sky?

3. What is in the package Carl picks up on his way home from work?

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

5. What is on the table in Helen's real estate office?

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