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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the men forget to do and must flip a coin to decide who will do it, per Straker's request?
(a) To paint the bathroom wall in the laundry mat.
(b) To clear out a clogged toilet in the laundry mat.
(c) To leave the key on a table in the cellar.
(d) To stack the stones from the demolished wall.

2. Why is Parkins Gillespie unconcerned about the missing boy?
(a) He thinks he went to a friends and lost track of time.
(b) He thinks he only got lost.
(c) He thinks he knows where he is.
(d) He thinks he will come home when he is hungry.

3. Who is seen by several characters buying groceries at Milt Crossen's and lifting it with apparently no trouble?
(a) Straker.
(b) Mark Petrie.
(c) Barlow.
(d) Ben Mears.

4. Who asks a friend in the FBI to investigate the backgrounds of Ben Mears, Straker, and Barlow in the aftermath of the search for the missing boy?
(a) Hank Peters.
(b) Larry Crockett.
(c) Parkins Gillespsie.
(d) Matt Burke.

5. What does Ben tell Matt not to tell when he calls for help regarding the dead man in his guest bedroom?
(a) That he heard Danny Glick's laughing voice.
(b) That he smoothered the dead man with a pillow.
(c) That he stabbed the dead man with a wooden stake.
(d) That he heard the dead man take his own life.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which Glick child arrives home shortly after Marjorie raises the alarm?

2. Why does Mark go to the cellar?

3. Who does Ben urge Matt to call?

4. Where is Ben instructed to go in the middle of the night?

5. Who do Mark and Susan run into as soon as they enter the house?

(see the answer key)

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