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

2. What is featured in the shocking photograph that Silas finds during his search of Larry's house?
(a) Infant Silas on French's lap.
(b) Infant Silas on Larry's mother's lap.
(c) Infant Larry on Silas's mother's lap.
(d) Infant Cindy on Cecil's lap.

3. In what way does Silas respond when he hears the answering machine message?
(a) He returns the call the next day.
(b) He tells French about the message.
(c) He does not return the call.
(d) He returns the call immediately.

4. What types of animals does Larry keep on his property?
(a) Ducks.
(b) Chickens.
(c) Rabbits.
(d) Pigs.

5. What object does Larry come home to find "waiting" in his house in the first sentence of the novel?
(a) A beast.
(b) A ghost.
(c) A monster.
(d) A mirage.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Silas explains that he and his classmates had once used Larry for the use of which item, before dropping him again completely?

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

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

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

(see the answer key)

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