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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 7-10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Howard Mitla's wife's name?
(a) Violet.
(b) Martha.
(c) Cora.
(d) Myra.

2. Where is Martha's workplace located?
(a) Bangor.
(b) San Francisco.
(c) Boston.
(d) New York City.

3. What is the name of the boy who taunts Miss Sidley?
(a) Robert.
(b) Jenkins.
(c) Buddy.
(d) Howard.

4. What is unusual about the policemen's observation of the bathroom in "The Moving Finger"?
(a) Nothing is unusual.
(b) There is no evidence of a murder.
(c) There is nobody in the bathroom.
(d) Howard is sane.

5. In "The End of the Whole Mess," where do the brothers disperse a chemical to the population?
(a) On the street.
(b) A mall.
(c) The water supply.
(d) A volcano.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Martha's son's natural father, according to Martha?

2. How old is the person that Sheridan finds in a mall?

3. What is the name of Jannings' assistant?

4. How does Dolan die?

5. In "The End of the Whole Mess," which town is found to have never had any violence?

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