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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is Henderson when Carl gets back to work?
(a) He's at Carl's desk
(b) He hasn't arrived
(c) He's in the art department
(d) He's at his desk

2. What does Carl do with the page containing the culling song?
(a) Puts it in Helen's purse
(b) Tears it to shreds
(c) Burns it
(d) Swallows it

3. What does Carl say will be used for art with the story he's writing about sudden infant death syndrome?
(a) Charts outlining the mortality rate and potential causes
(b) Photos of empty cribs
(c) Photos of babies who were happy but now are dead
(d) Photos of funerals

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

5. What does Carl say is the problem with every story?
(a) There's never enough time to entertain the reader
(b) You tell it after the fact
(c) You can't be sure what's the truth
(d) There are too many stories to tell them all

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the basis for the advertisement regarding a class action lawsuit against Meadow Downs Fitness and Racquet Club?

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

3. What are the details Carl recites from the calendar he saw on the wall of the apartment of his second crib death story?

4. What does Carl say is the only pattern in crib deaths?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Carl offer up as "credentials" that he's worthy of following this story and why does he give that information to Helen?

2. How does Carl come to believe that Helen killed the Stuarts?

3. What does Carl say is the reason his series about sudden infant death syndrome is so compelling to readers, especially parents and grandparents?

4. What does Helen say about her ability to pray very quickly?

5. What is the Mirror Book and who has one on the trip?

6. Briefly describe three of three people Carl kills on the way back to his office.

7. List at least four details Carl has for his first dead baby story.

8. What is the significance of the story about the nurse who killed so many people?

9. What is the ethics question Carl says journalists are asked before they complete their ethics class?

10. How does Carl begin to make the connection about the poem and the deaths of children?

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