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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What term does Ina use when she recognizes Silas's mother in the photograph Silas brings?
(a) Maid.
(b) Angel.
(c) Harlot.
(d) Home-wrecker.

3. In Chapter 10, it is revealed that the dead body Silas finds within the cabin belongs to whom?
(a) Carl Ott.
(b) Ina Ott.
(c) Wallace Stringfellow.
(d) Tina Rutherford.

4. When Larry discovers who the intruder is in his barn, what is NOT a quality of the intruder?
(a) He is young.
(b) He is skinny.
(c) He has blond hair.
(d) He has a dark beard.

5. Who is interrogating Larry when Silas arrives to interrupt the interview?
(a) Lolly.
(b) An FBI agent.
(c) French.
(d) French and Lolly.

Short Answer Questions

1. At what item does Silas stare as he listens to the answering machine message at the end of Chapter 4?

2. When Silas insists that Larry tell him details about the shooting at Larry's house, Larry says that first he wants to take what action?

3. In what state does the narrative take place?

4. What kind of children are referenced within the novel's epigraph?

5. In what part of his body had Larry receives a gunshot wound?

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