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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 color is Helen's purse?
(a) White
(b) Brown and blue
(c) Pink and gold
(d) Green and white

2. What color is Carl's tie?
(a) He's not wearing one
(b) Red
(c) Brown
(d) Blue

3. What is near the bowl of oranges?
(a) A candle
(b) A bowl of holy water
(c) A brass statue
(d) A tube of lipstick

4. What does Carl say is the only pattern in crib deaths?
(a) That the number of deaths increases as the weather cools
(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 decreases during times of economic stress

5. What is the difference between night witches and day witches?
(a) Day witches aren't afraid of sunlight and night witches are
(b) Day witches draw power from the sun and night witches from the moon
(c) Day witches nurture and night witches are evil
(d) Day witches cannot cast spells at night and night witches cannot cast in the daylight

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Carl say he's asking about the deaths in his building?

2. What does Carl believe happened to Helen's husband and son?

3. What is on the table in Helen's real estate office?

4. What does Helen say Carl needs to do if he wants to learn to control this power?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Helen say was the reaction of her husband after the death of their son?

2. What are some of the myths about sudden infant death that Carl says have been disproved?

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. Describe the actions and conversation of the man with the sideburns.

5. What is Helen's real estate business based on?

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

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

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

9. How does Helen get into the home of the woman with the chickens on her apron?

10. What does Carl say about the sounds he hears from his apartment?

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