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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 28-31.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What color is Helen's hair?
(a) Blonde
(b) Brown
(c) Pink
(d) Red

2. What does Helen do after she and Oyster get into a fight over the page containing the culling song?
(a) Kills a flock of birds
(b) Tells Oyster to cover his ears
(c) Sings Oyster the culling song
(d) Nothing

3. What is the setting for the story Carl reads about the 1983 case in which the nurse's aide kills a patient?
(a) Lincoln, Nebraska
(b) Vienna, Austria
(c) New York, New York
(d) Florence, Italy

4. What does Carl discover about his ability to remember the culling song?
(a) He has to call Helen and ask for the first line
(b) That he can remember the words
(c) He has to look at the words again in his notes
(d) He has to look at the words again in the book

5. What is the headline on the newspaper Nash hands Carl?
(a) Culling song revealed
(b) Seven dead in mystery plague
(c) Newspaper reporter sought in deaths
(d) Group looks for mystery book

Short Answer Questions

1. What color is Carl's tie?

2. What is on the table in Helen's real estate office?

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

4. What does Carl say will be used for art with the story he's writing about sudden infant death syndrome?

5. Why does Helen say she accepts jewels as payment for assassinations?

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