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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 13-16.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How many years before Tina Rutherford's disappearance had Larry started to notice signs of visitors to the barn?
(a) 10.
(b) 12.
(c) 8.
(d) 19.

3. What adjective is used to describe the weapon with which Wallace Stringfellow emerges from his house?
(a) Snub-nosed.
(b) Large.
(c) Double-barreled.
(d) Small.

4. According to Wallace Stringfellow, what drug causes him to be more truthful than he would otherwise be?
(a) Caffeine.
(b) Peyote.
(c) Alcohol.
(d) Laughing gas.

5. What type of creature is featured on the show Larry watches from his hospital room?
(a) A cobra.
(b) A python.
(c) A garter snake.
(d) A cotton mouth.

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

3. What type of sex does Wallace Stringfellow say sometimes women need in order to "show em who daddy is" (179)?

4. 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?

5. Larry considers that there are only four people alive who know about what topic?

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