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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 5-8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are Cecil and Carl trying to do to Cindy when Silas intervenes?
(a) Calling her names.
(b) Trying to take her towel off.
(c) Pulling her hair.
(d) Dunking her in the pool.

2. What kind of children are referenced within the novel's epigraph?
(a) Northern.
(b) Eastern.
(c) Southern.
(d) Western.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What had been the real reason behind the date between Cindy and Larry?

2. What kind of mask is the masked man wearing when he confronts Larry?

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

4. In what state does the narrative take place?

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

(see the answer key)

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