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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who is Jimmy Cody and why does he come to Matt's house to investigate the dead man?
(a) Jimmy Cody is the local cop and has come to investigate the suspicious death.
(b) Jimmy Cody is the coroner and has come to take the dead man away.
(c) Jimmy Cody is a newspaper reporter and he has come at Matt's request.
(d) Jimmy Cody is Matt's doctor and he has come because Matt called him.

3. Who comes to speak to Dud Rogers at the dump just as he is closing for the day?
(a) Mike Ryerson.
(b) Matt Burke.
(c) Barlow.
(d) Danny Glick.

4. Who dug the grave prior to the service?
(a) Royal Snow and Weasel Craig.
(b) Mike Ryerson and Royal Snow.
(c) Royal Snow and Bill Norton.
(d) Mike Ryerson and Mr. Glick.

5. Who is in the import-export business, according to Parkins' friend at the FBI?
(a) Barlow.
(b) Matt Burke.
(c) Larry Crockett.
(d) Ben Mears.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Ben awakened in the middle of the night in the beginning of Chapter 8?

2. How does the person who Ben meets in the park recognize him?

3. Who is forced to bury the casket alone when his partner fails to return after the service?

4. What makes the two men Larry Crockett hires for Straker feel uneasy, afraid?

5. What does Father Callahan spill that he carefully cleans up to keep his housekeeper from learning about it?

(see the answer key)

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