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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 does Helen tell Rhonda she has to do to get past the grief?
(a) Have many more children
(b) Cry until she's exhausted
(c) Make herself hard
(d) Give herself time to grieve

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 met him on an online dating site
(d) She thinks he wants to find the book

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is next to the radio on Mona's desk?

2. What is the newscast that Helen hears that she encourages the others to listen to?

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

4. Why does Carl say he's asking about the deaths in his building?

5. What does Helen say Carl needs to do if he wants to learn to control this power?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Carl begin to make the connection about the poem and the deaths of children?

2. What is Mona working on during their car trip and why does she say it's a good hobby?

3. What does Helen say was the reaction of her husband after the death of their son?

4. What is the significance of the story about the nurse who killed so many people?

5. What is the inverted pyramid?

6. What are some of the myths about sudden infant death that Carl says have been disproved?

7. What does Helen say about her ability to pray very quickly?

8. Describe the telephone conversation Helen is having when she meets Carl for the first time.

9. How does Carl come to believe that Helen killed the Stuarts?

10. List at least four details Carl has for his first dead baby story.

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