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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Carl believe happened to Helen's husband and son?
(a) Helen read them the culling song
(b) Helen shot them
(c) They died in a car accident
(d) The husband had a heart attack and the son died of crib death

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

3. Where does Carl say the culling song originated?
(a) Antartica
(b) Asia
(c) Australia
(d) Africa

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

5. How many copies of the book were there in the original press run?
(a) 194
(b) 306
(c) 500
(d) 39

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

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

8. What is the image the owners usually see reflected in the water in the tub?
(a) The Grim Reaper
(b) A pig
(c) A baby
(d) A wrinkled face

9. 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 question them separately
(c) To assume that they are to blame
(d) To assure them that they've done nothing wrong

10. What does Carl say is the only fact known about sudden infant death syndrome?
(a) That babies are never alone when they die
(b) That the paramedics always try to revive the infant
(c) That babies are always alone when they die
(d) That there is no pattern

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

12. What are among the possible causes cited in the newspaper article?
(a) Plague or drugs
(b) Poison gases
(c) The culling song
(d) Heart attacks

13. What does Carl say when Mona asks when he last "got laid?"
(a) He says it was a week ago
(b) He says he doesn't remember
(c) He doesn't answer
(d) He says it was twenty years earlier

14. What color is Helen's hair?
(a) Brown
(b) Blonde
(c) Red
(d) Pink

15. Where does it seem the baby's cries are coming from?
(a) In the room that was a nursery
(b) Under the house
(c) In a wall of the master bedroom
(d) In the attic

Short Answer Questions

1. What is near the bowl of oranges?

2. Why does Helen tell the librarian she needs to know who checked out the book with the culling song?

3. What is in the package Carl picks up on his way home from work?

4. Where does Carl and Helen meet for the second time?

5. What is the topic of the song that Carl reads to Duncan?

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