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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 does Carl and Helen meet for the second time?
(a) Helen's office
(b) An antique store
(c) A house that's for sale
(d) A secluded park

2. What does Carl discover about his ability to remember the culling song?
(a) He has to look at the words again in the book
(b) That he can remember the words
(c) He has to look at the words again in his notes
(d) He has to call Helen and ask for the first line

3. What is the basis for the advertisement regarding a class action lawsuit against Meadow Downs Fitness and Racquet Club?
(a) Tainted turkey
(b) Poisonous spider bites
(c) Tainted hamburgers
(d) A flesh-eating fungal infection

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the newscast that Helen hears that she encourages the others to listen to?

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

3. Why does Helen believe she's meeting Carl?

4. What does Carl discover after saying the culling poem in the shower?

5. What does Helen tell Rhonda she has to do to get past the grief?

Short Essay Questions

1. Aside from the sudden infant death syndrome, what are the other stories Carl is supposed to be following up on?

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

3. What does Helen say about the origin of the culling poem?

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

5. What is the inverted pyramid?

6. What does Carl find Helen and the "chicken woman" doing when he returns from the bathroom?

7. List the details Carl learns about the man in the trench coat that Carl killed.

8. Describe the telephone conversation Helen is having when she meets Carl for the first time.

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

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

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