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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. For what meal do Silas and Angie meet at a local diner at the start of Chapter 8?
(a) Breakfast.
(b) A midnight snack.
(c) Dinner.
(d) Lunch.

2. Who does French consider the main suspect in Larry's shooting?
(a) Carl.
(b) Cecil.
(c) Larry.
(d) Wallace Stringfellow.

3. What is the name of the motorist Silas stops on his way to the cabin in the woods where he and his mother Alice had lived?
(a) Violet Henner.
(b) Tina Rutherford.
(c) Wallace Stringfellow.
(d) Carl Ott.

4. What position does Silas's girlfriend Angie hold?
(a) Bartender.
(b) Emergency Medical Technician.
(c) Bookkeeper.
(d) Dental hygienist.

5. For how many days has "the Rutherford girl" (1) been missing at the start of the novel?
(a) 12.
(b) 3.
(c) 19.
(d) 8.

6. What is the name of the young woman with whom Larry had gone on a date just before her disappearance?
(a) Sally.
(b) Riley.
(c) Cindy.
(d) Jane.

7. What object does Larry lend to Silas without the knowledge of Larry's father?
(a) A musket.
(b) A pistol.
(c) A revolver.
(d) A rifle.

8. What chore does Carl assign to his son Larry that keeps Larry from his prior plans until the latter half of the day?
(a) Raking the leaves.
(b) Cleaning the gutters.
(c) Cleaning out the garage.
(d) Mowing the lawn.

9. To whom had Larry sold some of his land in the past, according to documents Silas finds in Larry's house?
(a) The Rutherfords.
(b) The Johnsons.
(c) The Walkers.
(d) The Joneses.

10. In what way does Silas respond when he hears the answering machine message?
(a) He tells French about the message.
(b) He does not return the call.
(c) He returns the call the next day.
(d) He returns the call immediately.

11. What object does Larry come home to find "waiting" in his house in the first sentence of the novel?
(a) A beast.
(b) A mirage.
(c) A monster.
(d) A ghost.

12. Before his death, M and M had been known to local authorities as what type of criminal?
(a) A confidence trickster.
(b) A bank robber.
(c) A money launderer.
(d) A drug dealer.

13. Who has a habit of spying on Cindy Walker as she sunbathes on her deck?
(a) Wallace Stringfellow.
(b) French.
(c) Larry.
(d) Silas.

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

15. In what year does Chapter 5 take place?
(a) 2018.
(b) 1992.
(c) 2011.
(d) 1979.

Short Answer Questions

1. On what Saturday of Larry's summer vacation does Chapter 5 begin?

2. In what town does the novel take place?

3. From what location does Silas gather items such as broken glass, molds made from tire tracks, and a piece of a marijuana cigarette?

4. The vines and weeds encroaching upon the cabin in the woods are said to resemble what type of creature?

5. Silas says that Larry had always had a particular affinity for what type of creature?

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