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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Carl do with the page containing the culling song?
(a) Puts it in Helen's purse
(b) Swallows it
(c) Burns it
(d) Tears it to shreds

2. Why does Helen believe she's meeting Carl?
(a) She thinks he wants to buy a house
(b) She thinks he's working on a story
(c) She thinks he wants to find the book
(d) She met him on an online dating site

3. Who is paging Carl while he's talking to Helen?
(a) Oyster
(b) Mona
(c) Duncan
(d) Nash

4. What does Carl say is standard procedure with regard to a parent's role in a baby's death?
(a) To question them separately
(b) To keep them away from the crime scene
(c) To assure them that they've done nothing wrong
(d) To assume that they are to blame

5. What does Carl say will be used for art with the story he's writing about sudden infant death syndrome?
(a) Photos of funerals
(b) Photos of empty cribs
(c) Photos of babies who were happy but now are dead
(d) Charts outlining the mortality rate and potential causes

6. Who bought the book for Helen that contained the culling song?
(a) She bought it herself
(b) Her mother-in-law
(c) Her husband
(d) She doesn't know

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

8. What color is Helen's purse?
(a) Brown and blue
(b) Pink and gold
(c) Green and white
(d) White

9. What does Helen say she wants as payment for the assassination?
(a) A half million dollars
(b) A government appointment
(c) A specific diamond
(d) Nothing

10. What is in the package Carl picks up on his way home from work?
(a) Pieces for a miniature he's building
(b) new shoes
(c) Newspapers
(d) Supper

11. What kind of house does Helen say she and her husband lived in when their son, Patrick, died?
(a) A small brick house
(b) A trailer
(c) A large mansion
(d) A seaside cottage

12. What is the basis for the advertisement regarding a class action lawsuit against Meadow Downs Fitness and Racquet Club?
(a) A flesh-eating fungal infection
(b) Poisonous spider bites
(c) Tainted hamburgers
(d) Tainted turkey

13. What is the newscast that Helen hears that she encourages the others to listen to?
(a) That a senator has died of no apparent reason
(b) That everyone in Carl's apartment building has died
(c) That a drug dealer is dead in Maimi
(d) That the president has been assassinated

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

15. Why does Helen say she's never going to use her lipstick again after giving one woman a facial?
(a) She never shares makeup
(b) She believes the woman had ringworm
(c) She believes the woman had headlice
(d) She knows the woman will die and says it's just creepy

Short Answer Questions

1. What is near the bowl of oranges?

2. What does Carl say he wants to do with the original copy of the book?

3. What does Carl believe happened to Helen's husband and son?

4. How many copies of the book were there in the original press run?

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

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