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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What is the grade Carl receives on his ethics
(a) C
(b) F
(c) D
(d) A
2. What does the man in the trench coat do to make Carl angry?
(a) Shoves him and calls him a name
(b) Refuses to move out of the way
(c) Throws a newspaper on the ground
(d) Yells at an old woman
3. What does Helen say Carl needs to do if he wants to learn to control this power?
(a) Attend a Wiccan meeting
(b) Take anger management classes
(c) Nothing
(d) Practice patience
4. What does Carl say he learned about the inverted pyramid in journalism school?
(a) That you keep the most important fact for the end
(b) That you begin at the beginning of the story
(c) That you begin with the most important fact
(d) That you tell the story in chronological order
5. What does Helen have in her hand when she's talking with Mona?
(a) A statue
(b) An orange
(c) A glass of wine
(d) A tube of lipstick
6. What is the topic of the song that Carl reads to Duncan?
(a) Animals going to sleep
(b) Children going to sleep
(c) Flowers blooming on a creek bank
(d) The stars coming out at night
7. Why does Carl say he's asking about the deaths in his building?
(a) He says he smells an odd odor
(b) He says that he accidentally sang the culling song
(c) He says there's a weird stain on his ceiling
(d) He says the water tasted funny
8. Where had the Stuart's eaten dinner the night before their deaths?
(a) At home
(b) Grandby's
(c) Chez Chef
(d) Taco Bell
9. What is near the bowl of oranges?
(a) A tube of lipstick
(b) A brass statue
(c) A bowl of holy water
(d) A candle
10. What is the name of Helen Boyle's secretary?
(a) Joyce
(b) Martha
(c) Mona
(d) Jean
11. What do the witches call the book of spells?
(a) The grimoire
(b) The Book of Spells
(c) Wiccan Magic Handbook
(d) They never refer to it by name
12. How many copies of the book were there in the original press run?
(a) 39
(b) 306
(c) 194
(d) 500
13. Who does Helen call on her cell phone in her quest for directions?
(a) Mona
(b) Carl
(c) The owners of the antique store
(d) Duncan
14. What does Carl say is the problem with every story?
(a) You tell it after the fact
(b) There are too many stories to tell them all
(c) You can't be sure what's the truth
(d) There's never enough time to entertain the reader
15. What does Carl say is the only pattern in crib deaths?
(a) That the number of deaths decreases during times of economic stress
(b) That the number of deaths is completely unrelated to the weather
(c) That the number of deaths increases during school vacations
(d) That the number of deaths increases as the weather cools
Short Answer Questions
1. What does the "flying virgin" write across the New Mexican sky?
2. When is it that the sound of the baby's crying usually begins?
3. Which of the following is among the details Carl gives about the cab?
4. What does Carl discover about his ability to remember the culling song?
5. Where does Carl say the culling song originated?
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