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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Carl say is the problem with every story?
(a) You tell it after the fact
(b) There's never enough time to entertain the reader
(c) There are too many stories to tell them all
(d) You can't be sure what's the truth

2. What does Carl say is the only pattern in crib deaths?
(a) That the number of deaths decreases during times of economic stress
(b) That the number of deaths is completely unrelated to the weather
(c) That the number of deaths increases as the weather cools
(d) That the number of deaths increases during school vacations

3. What is the topic of the song that Carl reads to Duncan?
(a) Flowers blooming on a creek bank
(b) The stars coming out at night
(c) Children going to sleep
(d) Animals going to sleep

4. What color is Carl's tie?
(a) Red
(b) Brown
(c) He's not wearing one
(d) Blue

5. Where does it seem the baby's cries are coming from?
(a) In a wall of the master bedroom
(b) In the room that was a nursery
(c) In the attic
(d) Under the house

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the face of the barbiturate suicide appear?

2. What is in the package Carl picks up on his way home from work?

3. What is the detail the editor asks for in the hypothetical question on Carl's ethics test?

4. When is it that the sound of the baby's crying usually begins?

5. What does Carl believe happened to the Stuarts?

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