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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 5-9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Helen talking to when she meets Carl Streator for the first time?
(a) Mona
(b) Oyster
(c) Her mother
(d) The previous owners of the house

2. Where does the face of the barbiturate suicide appear?
(a) A window
(b) A staircase
(c) A tub filled with water
(d) A mirror

3. What is the detail the editor asks for in the hypothetical question on Carl's ethics test?
(a) The color of the ornament
(b) The name of the grandmother
(c) The name of the paramedic
(d) The name of the babysitter

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

5. What does Carl say he wants to tell every family that has lost a child?
(a) To see a counselor
(b) That they are to blame
(c) To take up a hobby
(d) That they are not to blame

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the first class action lawsuit Carl sees in the newspaper?

2. What is the basis for the advertisement regarding a class action lawsuit against Meadow Downs Fitness and Racquet Club?

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

4. Why is Carl really meeting Mona?

5. What page is the book "Poems and Rhymes" open to in two of the homes where there was a crib death?

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