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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. At what item does Silas stare as he listens to the answering machine message at the end of Chapter 4?
(a) The bare walls he had been meaning to decorate.
(b) The empty room he had been meaning to populate with furniture.
(c) The stained counter tops he has been meaning to replace.
(d) The shag rug he has been meaning to rip up.

4. How had Larry come to have a date with Cindy?
(a) Larry had been set up with Cindy by his mother.
(b) Cindy had been set up with Larry by Silas.
(c) Larry had asked Cindy for a date.
(d) Cindy had asked Larry for a date.

5. When Silas tells French everything he knows about the case, what is the only piece of information he withholds?
(a) That Wallace Stringfellow had been friends with Larry.
(b) That Tina had been friends with Wallace Stringfellow.
(c) That Larry is his half-brother.
(d) That Cindy had been pregnant.

Short Answer Questions

1. What object does Wallace Stringfellow name when he mentions strangling women?

2. Who had been the first person to shatter Silas's illusion that his relationship with Cindy was a secret no one knew about?

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

4. In what year does Chapter 5 take place?

5. What are Cecil and Carl trying to do to Cindy when Silas intervenes?

(see the answer key)

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