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

2. What does Helen have in her hand when she's talking with Mona?
(a) An orange
(b) A statue
(c) A tube of lipstick
(d) A glass of wine

3. Who does Helen call on her cell phone in her quest for directions?
(a) The owners of the antique store
(b) Duncan
(c) Mona
(d) Carl

4. What is the topic of the song that Carl reads to Duncan?
(a) Animals going to sleep
(b) Children going to sleep
(c) The stars coming out at night
(d) Flowers blooming on a creek bank

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Carl say is the problem with every story?

2. What does Carl say is standard procedure with regard to a parent's role in a baby's death?

3. What is next to the radio on Mona's desk?

4. What does Carl say he wants to do with the original copy of the book?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Carl discover about his ability to forget the culling song?

2. What is Carl's purpose for his first meeting with Helen?

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

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

5. What does Carl imagine could be the long-reaching effects of having the culling song become public knowledge?

6. How did Helen's husband die and what was the official cause of death?

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

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. What is the Book of Shadows, what is another name for it and why are Carl, Mona and Helen looking for it?

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

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