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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 is the name of the nursing home in which Larry's mother Ina lives?
(a) Forest Grove.
(b) River Acres.
(c) Shady Pines.
(d) Shady Acres.

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

3. What term does Ina use when she recognizes Silas's mother in the photograph Silas brings?
(a) Home-wrecker.
(b) Maid.
(c) Angel.
(d) Harlot.

4. What action does Silas take before beginning the day's investigation at the start of Chapter 6?
(a) He sweeps the floor of Town Hall.
(b) He eats breakfast at the diner.
(c) He picks Miss Voncille up from the hairdresser.
(d) He picks up his dry cleaning.

5. What object does Wallace Stringfellow name when he mentions strangling women?
(a) A belt.
(b) A nylon stocking.
(c) A metal chain.
(d) A garotte.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. Angie and Silas decide that which person is most likely to be responsible for Cindy's murder?

5. When Larry wakes up from his coma, he learns that Silas is the one who had taken what action?

(see the answer key)

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