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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 9-12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What lack does Silas feel deeply as he walks home in the dark from Larry's house the only time he goes there during his adolescence?
(a) A friend.
(b) A girlfriend.
(c) A job.
(d) A father.

2. The caller on the answering machine message says that at the time of the call, it is the morning of which day of the week?
(a) Saturday.
(b) Thursday.
(c) Tuesday.
(d) Monday.

3. Who was the chief investigator in the Cindy Walker case?
(a) John Morin.
(b) Silas.
(c) French.
(d) Sheriff Lolly.

4. How long after Silas is warned about his relationship with Cindy does she disappear?
(a) Less than a month.
(b) Less than a year.
(c) Less than a week.
(d) Around six months.

5. Who calls Silas on the phone during the moment he is shocked by one particular photograph in Larry's house?
(a) Alice.
(b) Carl.
(c) Angie.
(d) French.

Short Answer Questions

1. How had Larry come to have a date with Cindy?

2. In what town does the novel take place?

3. In which community had M and M lived before his death?

4. When Silas insists that Larry tell him details about the shooting at Larry's house, Larry says that first he wants to take what action?

5. According to Wallace Stringfellow, what drug causes him to be more truthful than he would otherwise be?

(see the answer key)

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