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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Helen offer to show Carl as proof of Patrick's whereabouts?
(a) The grave
(b) A photo of the grave
(c) The hospital bill for that month
(d) The newspaper article about the funeral

2. What is the newscast that Helen hears that she encourages the others to listen to?
(a) That a drug dealer is dead in Maimi
(b) That the president has been assassinated
(c) That everyone in Carl's apartment building has died
(d) That a senator has died of no apparent reason

3. What does Helen have in her hand when she's talking with Mona?
(a) A tube of lipstick
(b) A glass of wine
(c) A statue
(d) An orange

4. Where does Carl and Helen meet for the second time?
(a) A secluded park
(b) A house that's for sale
(c) Helen's office
(d) An antique store

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

6. 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 the paramedics always try to revive the infant
(c) That babies are never alone when they die
(d) That there is no pattern

7. What is the headline on the newspaper Nash hands Carl?
(a) Seven dead in mystery plague
(b) Culling song revealed
(c) Group looks for mystery book
(d) Newspaper reporter sought in deaths

8. What does Helen say she wants to do with the original copy of the book?
(a) Give it to Carl
(b) Hide it so that it can never be found
(c) Destroy it
(d) Find out what others spells are in it

9. What is being announced on the radio when Carl meets up with Nash?
(a) The weather
(b) School lunch menus
(c) Obituaries
(d) Class schedules for a community college

10. What does Carl say is standard procedure with regard to a parent's role in a baby's death?
(a) To keep them away from the crime scene
(b) To assure them that they've done nothing wrong
(c) To assume that they are to blame
(d) To question them separately

11. What are the details Carl recites from the calendar he saw on the wall of the apartment of his second crib death story?
(a) The baby's birthday and the date of a GED test
(b) The date of a dentist appointment and a birthday
(c) The date of a doctor appointment and a dentist appointment
(d) The date of a doctor appointment and a GED test

12. What is Nash eating when Carl meets him in the bar?
(a) Chips and dip
(b) Onion dip
(c) A burger
(d) Celery

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

14. What is the basis for the advertisement regarding a class action lawsuit against Meadow Downs Fitness and Racquet Club?
(a) A flesh-eating fungal infection
(b) Tainted turkey
(c) Tainted hamburgers
(d) Poisonous spider bites

15. Why does Carl say he's asking about the deaths in his building?
(a) He says the water tasted funny
(b) He says he smells an odd odor
(c) He says that he accidentally sang the culling song
(d) He says there's a weird stain on his ceiling

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the radio personality Carl kills?

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

3. What does Helen say Carl needs to do if he wants to learn to control this power?

4. Why is Carl really meeting Mona?

5. What color is Helen's hair?

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