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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 28-31.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Florence, Italy
(c) Vienna, Austria
(d) Lincoln, Nebraska

2. What kind of house does Helen say she and her husband lived in when their son, Patrick, died?
(a) A large mansion
(b) A seaside cottage
(c) A trailer
(d) A small brick house

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

4. What is on the table in Helen's real estate office?
(a) Miniature houses
(b) A flower arrangement
(c) Photos of houses for sale
(d) High-end magazines

5. When does someone notice that there's something odd about the English Ivy at the Park Senior Living Center?
(a) Never
(b) When it climbs up a brick wall
(c) When it begins to take over the flower beds
(d) When the ivy seals the doors closed

Short Answer Questions

1. What are among the possible causes cited in the newspaper article?

2. What does Helen do after she and Oyster get into a fight over the page containing the culling song?

3. What does Carl say is standard procedure with regard to a parent's role in a baby's death?

4. What happens to the security guards at the Book Barn?

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

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