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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 9-12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Silas and his mother Alice had been forced to move, which direction had she told Silas they would need to go in order to end up with people she knew?
(a) East.
(b) North.
(c) West.
(d) South.

2. The woman into whom Silas runs at the bar called The Bus says that her roommate had dated a guy with a collection of guns and a collection of what?
(a) Butterflies.
(b) Spiders.
(c) Snakes.
(d) Postage stamps.

3. What object had Wallace Stringfellow been looking for on Larry's property for the past decade?
(a) Money.
(b) The murder weapon.
(c) Cindy's body.
(d) Tina's body.

4. What is the name of the nursing home in which Larry's mother Ina lives?
(a) Shady Acres.
(b) River Acres.
(c) Forest Grove.
(d) Shady Pines.

5. Part Two , Chapter 6 depicts the time of Silas's life when he had been what age?
(a) 13.
(b) 16.
(c) 21.
(d) 11.

Short Answer Questions

1. What name does Carl call Larry during the contest over the rifle?

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

3. Angie and Silas decide that which person is most likely to be responsible for Cindy's murder?

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

5. From what disease is Larry's mother Ina suffering?

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