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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 40-44.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does a waitress say that they can't kill off the invasive English Ivy?
(a) There are picketers protesting
(b) It's resistant to all poisons
(c) It's all that's holding the town together
(d) Killing it will destroy the ecosystem

2. What does Mona say about Carl's attraction to Helen?
(a) That she'll use his affection to kill him
(b) That it's a spell
(c) That he can't possibly be attracted to her
(d) That he's crazy for falling in love with her

3. What does Mona say about the new look Helen created for her?
(a) That she'd have chosen different a hair style
(b) That she loves it
(c) That Oyster loves it
(d) That it's the equivalent of fashion rape

4. What page is the book "Poems and Rhymes" open to in two of the homes where there was a crib death?
(a) Page 148
(b) Page 27
(c) Page 321
(d) Page 82

5. What does Helen say she did with the page containing the culling song?
(a) Flushed them down the toilet
(b) Swallowed them
(c) Burned them
(d) Tore it up and threw the pieces outside

Short Answer Questions

1. What is it that shields Mona and Oyster from the culling song?

2. What does Helen say she can see in the mirror with the appropriate spell?

3. What does Carl say is the only fact known about sudden infant death syndrome?

4. What are the details Carl recites from the calendar he saw on the wall of the apartment of his second crib death story?

5. What does Carl say will be used for art with the story he's writing about sudden infant death syndrome?

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