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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How had Cindy Walker felt about her future in Chabot?
(a) She had wanted to become a marine biologist.
(b) She had known that her stepfather would murder her one day.
(c) She had wanted to be a concert pianist.
(d) She had wanted to leave the area as soon as possible.

2. In Chapter 10, it is revealed that the dead body Silas finds within the cabin belongs to whom?
(a) Wallace Stringfellow.
(b) Ina Ott.
(c) Tina Rutherford.
(d) Carl Ott.

3. Wallace Stringfellow admits during one visit to Larry's house all but which of the following things?
(a) That he had used to imagine Larry catching him on Larry's property.
(b) That he is not really a cable television salesman.
(c) That he had killed Tina Rutherford.
(d) That he had been curious about meeting Larry due to his nefarious reputation.

4. The vines and weeds encroaching upon the cabin in the woods are said to resemble what type of creature?
(a) Worms.
(b) Snails.
(c) Snake.
(d) Eels.

5. What does the narration say would be "okay with Larry" (7) at the end of Chapter 1?
(a) Death.
(b) Sleep.
(c) A career change.
(d) Dinner.

Short Answer Questions

1. What object does Larry lend to Silas without the knowledge of Larry's father?

2. At what age had Larry started to notice signs of an intruder within the barn?

3. When Silas and his mother Alice had been forced to move, which direction had she told Silas they would need to go in order to end up with people she knew?

4. What is Larry's favorite genre of fiction?

5. What object does Larry come home to find "waiting" in his house in the first sentence of the novel?

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