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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is near the bowl of oranges?

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

3. What color is the suit Helen wears to the Wiccan meeting?

4. What is the name of the book Helen writes in when she's given a new assassination assignment?

5. What does Helen say is Carl's name when she introduces herself as Brenda Williams?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Several of the characters in the book have scams going on. Describe and compare any two.

Essay Topic 2

What is the main theme of this story? List at least three examples of that theme and at least one reason why the theme is important to the story line.

Essay Topic 3

Why does Mona leave the page with the culling spell in Carl's hands? Was she correct to do so? Why do you think so?

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