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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What color is Helen's purse?
(a) White
(b) Green and white
(c) Pink and gold
(d) Brown and blue
2. Why does Helen tell the librarian she needs to know who checked out the book with the culling song?
(a) She says her daughter left a family photo in the book
(b) She says it's dangerous
(c) She says the woman might kill someone
(d) She says she has to destroy the book
3. What does Carl say will be used for art with the story he's writing about sudden infant death syndrome?
(a) Photos of babies who were happy but now are dead
(b) Photos of funerals
(c) Charts outlining the mortality rate and potential causes
(d) Photos of empty cribs
4. What is the basis for the advertisement regarding a class action lawsuit against Meadow Downs Fitness and Racquet Club?
(a) Tainted hamburgers
(b) A flesh-eating fungal infection
(c) Tainted turkey
(d) Poisonous spider bites
5. What are the details Carl recites from the calendar he saw on the wall of the apartment of his second crib death story?
(a) The date of a dentist appointment and a birthday
(b) The date of a doctor appointment and a GED test
(c) The date of a doctor appointment and a dentist appointment
(d) The baby's birthday and the date of a GED test
Short Answer Questions
1. What is it that's hanging around Oyster's neck?
2. What is the setting for the story Carl reads about the 1983 case in which the nurse's aide kills a patient?
3. What is the headline on the newspaper Nash hands Carl?
4. What is the first thing Henderson says to Carl when Carl returns to the office?
5. What is near the bowl of oranges?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Carl say about the sounds he hears from his apartment?
2. What does Helen say about her ability to pray very quickly?
3. How does Helen get into the home of the woman with the chickens on her apron?
4. Describe the actions and conversation of the man with the sideburns.
5. What does Helen say was the reaction of her husband after the death of their son?
6. What is the "Roadkill Jesus" and what kind of people are gathering because of it?
7. What does Carl discover about his ability to forget the culling song?
8. What is Helen's real estate business based on?
9. Briefly describe three of three people Carl kills on the way back to his office.
10. What are some of the myths about sudden infant death that Carl says have been disproved?
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