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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. From what disease is Larry's mother Ina suffering?
(a) Alzheimer's.
(b) Tourette's.
(c) Schizophrenia.
(d) Morbid obesity.

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

3. What is peculiar about the phone bill Silas finds in Larry's house?
(a) There are no outgoing calls listed.
(b) The phone bill is in Tina Rutherford's name.
(c) The phone bill is in Cecil Walker's name.
(d) Every call is made from the same number to Larry's number.

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

5. What method does Carl force Larry and Silas to use in order to decide who gets to keep Carl's rifle?
(a) Fighting.
(b) Foot racing.
(c) Drawing straws.
(d) Guessing a number between one and ten.

Short Answer Questions

1. What lack does Silas feel deeply as he walks home in the dark from Larry's house the only time he goes there during his adolescence?

2. What is the name of the motorist Silas stops on his way to the cabin in the woods where he and his mother Alice had lived?

3. The vines and weeds encroaching upon the cabin in the woods are said to resemble what type of creature?

4. What action ends the friendship between Silas and Larry in their boyhood?

5. What does the narration say would be "okay with Larry" (7) at the end of Chapter 1?

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