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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the witches call the book of spells?

2. What does Carl discover after saying the culling poem in the shower?

3. What does Helen say she wants as payment for the assassination?

4. What is it that's hanging around Oyster's neck?

5. Where does Helen say Patrick is now?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the Book of Shadows, what is another name for it and why are Carl, Mona and Helen looking for it?

2. What is the ethics question Carl says journalists are asked before they complete their ethics class?

3. How does Helen get into the home of the woman with the chickens on her apron?

4. How did Helen's husband die and what was the official cause of death?

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

6. What does Carl say about the sounds he hears from his apartment?

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

8. What does Carl imagine could be the long-reaching effects of having the culling song become public knowledge?

9. What is the "Roadkill Jesus" and what kind of people are gathering because of it?

10. Briefly describe three of three people Carl kills on the way back to his office.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Who is Patrick? What is his role in the story? What is his fate? What does Patrick represent?

Essay Topic 2

What is the main theme of this story? List at least three examples of that theme and at least one reason why the theme is important to the story line.

Essay Topic 3

Helen's use of the culling song is vastly different from Carl's use and from what Oyster plans to use it for. Are Helen's motives any more honorable? Why or why not?

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