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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 will be the lasting effects of Silas's dog bite, according to the narrator?
(a) Acute.
(b) Minimal.
(c) Chronic.
(d) None.

2. How had Cindy Walker felt about her future in Chabot?
(a) She had wanted to become a marine biologist.
(b) She had wanted to leave the area as soon as possible.
(c) She had wanted to be a concert pianist.
(d) She had known that her stepfather would murder her one day.

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

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

5. What object does Wallace Stringfellow name when he mentions strangling women?
(a) A nylon stocking.
(b) A garotte.
(c) A metal chain.
(d) A belt.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of weather is said to have occurred the night before the novel's first events?

2. The vines and weeds encroaching upon the cabin in the woods are said to resemble what type of creature?

3. What law enforcement position does Silas hold in town?

4. What object is used within a simile depicting the force with which the dog comes toward Silas when it is unclipped from its tether?

5. How long after Silas is warned about his relationship with Cindy does she disappear?

(see the answer key)

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