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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 15-19.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the image the owners usually see reflected in the water in the tub?
(a) A baby
(b) A pig
(c) The Grim Reaper
(d) A wrinkled face

2. What is the first class action lawsuit Carl sees in the newspaper?
(a) Televisions that explode
(b) Spoiled meat served in restaurants
(c) Spiders hatching out of furniture
(d) Beer that causes blindness

3. What page is the book "Poems and Rhymes" open to in two of the homes where there was a crib death?
(a) Page 27
(b) Page 321
(c) Page 148
(d) Page 82

4. Where had the Stuart's eaten dinner the night before their deaths?
(a) At home
(b) Taco Bell
(c) Grandby's
(d) Chez Chef

5. How does Carl keep his mind occupied after leaving the office?
(a) He plans his next story
(b) He counts his steps
(c) He imagines what his comments for Duncan's feature story
(d) He sings the culling song

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is paging Carl while he's talking to Helen?

2. Where is the baby sitter when Carl goes to cover his second crib death story?

3. What is the setting for the story Carl reads about the 1983 case in which the nurse's aide kills a patient?

4. What does Helen have in her hand when she's talking with Mona?

5. What is the source of the light on the table in the bar when Carl meets Nash?

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