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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 kind of shoes is Helen wearing at the carnival?
(a) Pink high heels
(b) White velcro sneakers
(c) Orange tennis shoes
(d) Red pumps

2. What does the talking Judas Cow say in Stone River?
(a) Live long and prosper
(b) Please spare the cows
(c) Repent or go to hell
(d) Reject your meat-eating ways

3. How does Carl's conversation with the police come to an end?
(a) Helen hangs up the phone
(b) The officer, realizing the danger, hangs up
(c) Carl hangs up, realizing they're tracing the call
(d) With the death of the officer on the line

4. Why does Helen say they couldn't get the three copies of the book from the Book Barn?
(a) The books were too expensive
(b) The books were already sold
(c) They couldn't find them
(d) The store was closed

5. Why does a waitress say that they can't kill off the invasive English Ivy?
(a) It's resistant to all poisons
(b) It's all that's holding the town together
(c) There are picketers protesting
(d) Killing it will destroy the ecosystem

Short Answer Questions

1. Who pulls up while Carl and Mona are talking outside the real estate office?

2. What is the effect of the spell Carl chants?

3. What is the reaction of the officer who finds the cook who fell on the grill?

4. What does Mona say about Carl's attraction to Helen?

5. What does Carl do the morning his wife died?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens to the Book Barn and why?

2. What does Mona do to get Carl released from jail?

3. Why is Nash killing fashion models?

4. What does Mona tell Carl about a love spell?

5. Describe what the police find when the arrive at the bar where Nash and Carl met?

6. List two of the class action lawsuits Oyster has advertised in chapter 23.

7. What does the waitress say about the ivy that's taking over an entire town?

8. Describe the house Carl and his wife make for their daughter.

9. What is the spell Helen has Carl say and what happens when he says it?

10. Oyster compares himself with an animal when Helen kicks him out of the car. What does he say and what does he mean?

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