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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In what state does the narrative take place?
(a) Mississippi.
(b) Texas.
(c) California.
(d) New Jersey.

3. In what part of his body had Larry receives a gunshot wound?
(a) His chest.
(b) His leg.
(c) His arm.
(d) His head.

4. 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.

5. To whom did Larry's animals used to belong?
(a) His cousin.
(b) Silas.
(c) His mother.
(d) His father.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what month does the novel begin?

2. With what object is the window held up in the office Silas shares with Miss Voncille?

3. Where does Silas say he is going instead when Angie starts to invite him to have coffee in the hospital cafeteria with her after seeing Larry?

4. In what way is Silas associated with the dead man he has found in the swamp when the narrative first introduces him?

5. Who calls Silas in Chapter 4 to tell him that Larry is alive?

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