1. What weapon does Wallace Stringfellow use in order to damage Larry's truck?
(a) A gun.
(b) His own body.
(c) A baseball bat.
(d) A cement block.

2. What pretense does Wallace Stringfellow use when he approaches Larry's door?
(a) He pretends to be a cable television salesman.
(b) He pretends to be selling encyclopedias.
(c) He pretends to be taking a survey.
(d) He pretends to be collecting for charity.

3. In what sport had Silas been a star at the time when he met Cindy?
(a) Baseball.
(b) Racquetball.
(c) Diving.
(d) Swimming.

4. What trait does Silas finally decide in Chapter 10 is the thing his mother had always told him was "missing out of" (155) him?
(a) Confidence.
(b) Grace.
(c) Courage.
(d) Pride.

5. Where does Larry go after he finishes the chore assigned to him by his father Carl?
(a) To the soda shop.
(b) To the arcade.
(c) To the swimming hole.
(d) To the cabin.

Short Answer Questions

1. The woman into whom Silas runs at the bar called The Bus says that her roommate had dated a guy with a collection of guns and a collection of what?

2. What scents does Silas hope to smell as he enters Wallace Stringfellow's home?

3. What type of sex does Wallace Stringfellow say sometimes women need in order to "show em who daddy is" (179)?

4. In what year does Chapter 5 take place?

5. Whom does Larry suspect of murdering Tina Rutherford, by Chapter 13?

(see the answer key)

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