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

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

3. Where is the baby sitter when Carl goes to cover his second crib death story?
(a) In the ambulance
(b) Outside
(c) In the bedroom
(d) At the hospital

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 name of the paramedic
(c) The color of the ornament
(d) The name of the babysitter

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the source of the light on the table in the bar when Carl meets Nash?

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

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

4. Who is paging Carl while he's talking to Helen?

5. How old was Patrick when he died?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What is Mona working on during their car trip and why does she say it's a good hobby?

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

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

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

7. What is the inverted pyramid?

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

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

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

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