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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 15-19.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What color is Helen's purse?
(a) Green and white
(b) White
(c) Pink and gold
(d) Brown and blue

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

3. What is the topic of the song that Carl reads to Duncan?
(a) Children going to sleep
(b) Flowers blooming on a creek bank
(c) Animals going to sleep
(d) The stars coming out at night

4. What does Nash say he's done to make sure that the police will know what he knows?
(a) Wrote a story for the newspaper
(b) Has recorded their conversation
(c) Had an interview with the police
(d) Left a letter that includes the details with a friend

5. What does Carl say is the only fact known about sudden infant death syndrome?
(a) That babies are always alone when they die
(b) That babies are never alone when they die
(c) That the paramedics always try to revive the infant
(d) That there is no pattern

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Carl say the culling song originated?

2. What is the headline on the newspaper Nash hands Carl?

3. What is Henderson's computer password?

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 does Carl say he learned about the inverted pyramid in journalism school?

(see the answer key)

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