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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 the Stuarts?
(a) Helen sang them the culling song
(b) Duncan repeated the song to them
(c) They died of natural causes
(d) Mona shot them

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

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

4. What does the guy with sideburns say to the person on the cell phone?
(a) That he's at the bar
(b) That he's at work
(c) That he's at the doctor's office
(d) That he's on a job site

5. Who bought the book for Helen that contained the culling song?
(a) She bought it herself
(b) Her husband
(c) Her mother-in-law
(d) She doesn't know

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

7. What is in the package Carl picks up on his way home from work?
(a) Newspapers
(b) Pieces for a miniature he's building
(c) Supper
(d) new shoes

8. What is the purpose of the fur coat smeared with ketchup?
(a) It's a ritual of the Wiccans
(b) Spilling the ketchup was an accident
(c) It's not really a fur coat
(d) It's bait

9. What does Helen say Carl needs to do if he wants to learn to control this power?
(a) Practice patience
(b) Attend a Wiccan meeting
(c) Nothing
(d) Take anger management classes

10. What is the name realtors give to the houses that are haunted?
(a) Distressed houses
(b) Haunted houses
(c) Hopeless houses
(d) Chained houses

11. What does Carl discover after saying the culling poem in the shower?
(a) That it's suddenly silent in the rest of the building
(b) That there's a vent that carries sound to other apartments
(c) That he was probably heard in the apartment next door
(d) That everyone has turned off their televisions and music

12. 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 as the weather cools
(d) That the number of deaths increases during school vacations

13. What is the name of the book Helen writes in when she's given a new assassination assignment?
(a) The Grimoire
(b) My Diary
(c) The Book of Spells
(d) The Mirror Book

14. Who is paging Carl while he's talking to Helen?
(a) Oyster
(b) Mona
(c) Nash
(d) Duncan

15. What does Helen tell Rhonda she has to do to get past the grief?
(a) Make herself hard
(b) Have many more children
(c) Cry until she's exhausted
(d) Give herself time to grieve

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Carl say he learned about the inverted pyramid in journalism school?

2. What color is Helen's hair?

3. What does Nash set fire to in the bar?

4. What is the name of Helen Boyle's secretary?

5. What does Carl use to loosen the page with the culling song from its binder?

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