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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 1-4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. From whom does Silas receive an answering machine message at the end of Chapter 4?
(a) Angie.
(b) Miss Voncille.
(c) French.
(d) Larry.

2. In what way is Silas associated with the dead man he has found in the swamp when the narrative first introduces him?
(a) The man had been Silas's stepfather.
(b) The man had been Silas's uncle.
(c) The man had been Silas's cousin.
(d) The man had been a former classmate.

3. 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 drug dealer.
(d) A confidence trickster.

4. The caller on the answering machine message says that at the time of the call, it is the morning of which day of the week?
(a) Thursday.
(b) Monday.
(c) Tuesday.
(d) Saturday.

5. In what month does the novel begin?
(a) February.
(b) September.
(c) December.
(d) April.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what part of his body had Larry receives a gunshot wound?

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

3. To whom did Larry's animals used to belong?

4. What is the name of the young woman with whom Larry had gone on a date just before her disappearance?

5. What kind of weather is said to have occurred the night before the novel's first events?

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