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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what month does the novel begin?
(a) February.
(b) April.
(c) December.
(d) September.

2. At what item does Silas stare as he listens to the answering machine message at the end of Chapter 4?
(a) The empty room he had been meaning to populate with furniture.
(b) The stained counter tops he has been meaning to replace.
(c) The shag rug he has been meaning to rip up.
(d) The bare walls he had been meaning to decorate.

3. 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?
(a) Carl Ott.
(b) Tina Rutherford.
(c) Wallace Stringfellow.
(d) Violet Henner.

4. What kind of children are referenced within the novel's epigraph?
(a) Southern.
(b) Northern.
(c) Western.
(d) Eastern.

5. The vines and weeds encroaching upon the cabin in the woods are said to resemble what type of creature?
(a) Snails.
(b) Snake.
(c) Worms.
(d) Eels.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Silas discover underneath the place where his bed had used to be within the cabin in the woods?

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

3. What chore does Carl assign to his son Larry that keeps Larry from his prior plans until the latter half of the day?

4. From whom does Silas receive an answering machine message at the end of Chapter 4?

5. What tactic does Larry use one day to scare off the intruder in the barn?

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