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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. What is Nash eating when Carl meets him in the bar?
(a) A burger
(b) Celery
(c) Onion dip
(d) Chips and dip
2. 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 at the beginning of the story
(d) That you begin with the most important fact
3. What is the image the owners usually see reflected in the water in the tub?
(a) A pig
(b) The Grim Reaper
(c) A baby
(d) A wrinkled face
4. What is the detail the editor asks for in the hypothetical question on Carl's ethics test?
(a) The name of the grandmother
(b) The color of the ornament
(c) The name of the babysitter
(d) The name of the paramedic
5. 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) Yells at an old woman
(d) Throws a newspaper on the ground
Short Answer Questions
1. What do the witches call the book of spells?
2. What color is Helen's hair?
3. Who is the last person the Stuarts talked to on their cell phones?
4. What is the difference between night witches and day witches?
5. What does Helen say Carl needs to do if he wants to learn to control this power?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is Carl's purpose for his first meeting with Helen?
2. What is the inverted pyramid?
3. List at least four details Carl has for his first dead baby story.
4. What is the ethics question Carl says journalists are asked before they complete their ethics class?
5. What does Carl discover about his ability to forget the culling song?
6. Describe the actions and conversation of the man with the sideburns.
7. What is the "Roadkill Jesus" and what kind of people are gathering because of it?
8. What does Carl say is the reason his series about sudden infant death syndrome is so compelling to readers, especially parents and grandparents?
9. List the details Carl learns about the man in the trench coat that Carl killed.
10. What are some of the myths about sudden infant death that Carl says have been disproved?
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