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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 object had been in Larry's hand when he had been found?
(a) A set of keys.
(b) A clothes hanger.
(c) A pistol.
(d) A knife.

2. What had been the real reason behind the date between Cindy and Larry?
(a) Larry had wanted to use the date as a cover for meeting Silas.
(b) Larry had wanted to use the date as a cover to set Cindy up with Silas.
(c) Cindy had wanted to use the date as a cover for a visit to her boyfriend in another town.
(d) Larry had wanted to say he had been on a date with a girl.

3. From what location does Silas gather items such as broken glass, molds made from tire tracks, and a piece of a marijuana cigarette?
(a) Larry's property.
(b) The cabin in the woods.
(c) Angie's house.
(d) Wallace Stringfellow's house.

4. What is peculiar about the phone bill Silas finds in Larry's house?
(a) The phone bill is in Cecil Walker's name.
(b) Every call is made from the same number to Larry's number.
(c) There are no outgoing calls listed.
(d) The phone bill is in Tina Rutherford's name.

5. In what month does the novel begin?
(a) April.
(b) September.
(c) February.
(d) December.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. Wallace Stringfellow says that he has a dog named what?

3. What kind of children are referenced within the novel's epigraph?

4. Whose criminal arrest had led to the urgent need for Silas and his mother's relocation?

5. In what year does Chapter 5 take place?

(see the answer key)

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