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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Who is paging Carl while he's talking to Helen?
(a) Duncan
(b) Mona
(c) Oyster
(d) Nash
2. What is Nash eating when Carl meets him in the bar?
(a) A burger
(b) Chips and dip
(c) Celery
(d) Onion dip
3. What are among the possible causes cited in the newspaper article?
(a) Plague or drugs
(b) Poison gases
(c) Heart attacks
(d) The culling song
4. What does the man in the trench coat do to make Carl angry?
(a) Throws a newspaper on the ground
(b) Shoves him and calls him a name
(c) Refuses to move out of the way
(d) Yells at an old woman
5. What does Carl say he learned about the inverted pyramid in journalism school?
(a) That you tell the story in chronological order
(b) That you keep the most important fact for the end
(c) That you begin with the most important fact
(d) That you begin at the beginning of the story
6. What is the name of the book Helen writes in when she's given a new assassination assignment?
(a) The Mirror Book
(b) The Grimoire
(c) My Diary
(d) The Book of Spells
7. Why does Helen believe she's meeting Carl?
(a) She met him on an online dating site
(b) She thinks he wants to buy a house
(c) She thinks he's working on a story
(d) She thinks he wants to find the book
8. What is Henderson's computer password?
(a) No one knows
(b) Henderson
(c) Sexymama
(d) Password
9. When does Carl decide he'll call the police about his role in Duncan's death?
(a) After he calls Helen
(b) After it's apparent that Duncan isn't at work
(c) He doesn't
(d) After the body is discovered
10. What is the basis for the advertisement regarding a class action lawsuit against Meadow Downs Fitness and Racquet Club?
(a) Tainted turkey
(b) Poisonous spider bites
(c) Tainted hamburgers
(d) A flesh-eating fungal infection
11. What kind of house does Helen say she and her husband lived in when their son, Patrick, died?
(a) A trailer
(b) A small brick house
(c) A seaside cottage
(d) A large mansion
12. What is next to the radio on Mona's desk?
(a) A police scanner
(b) A miniature house
(c) A magazine
(d) A make-up mirror
13. Where does the face of the barbiturate suicide appear?
(a) A window
(b) A tub filled with water
(c) A staircase
(d) A mirror
14. Which of the following is among the details Carl gives about the cab?
(a) That the driver is foreign
(b) That it's grey inside
(c) That the seat has been slit
(d) That it stinks
15. What does Carl discover about his ability to remember the culling song?
(a) That he can remember the words
(b) He has to look at the words again in the book
(c) He has to call Helen and ask for the first line
(d) He has to look at the words again in his notes
Short Answer Questions
1. Where does it seem the baby's cries are coming from?
2. What does Carl say when Mona asks when he last "got laid?"
3. What is the difference between night witches and day witches?
4. What does Carl discover after saying the culling poem in the shower?
5. What is the headline on the newspaper Nash hands Carl?
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