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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 which community had M and M lived before his death?
(a) Arlos.
(b) Amos.
(c) Meridian.
(d) Chabot.

2. Who had found the body underneath his former bed in the cabin?
(a) Carl.
(b) French.
(c) Larry.
(d) Silas.

3. What object had been in Larry's hand when he had been found?
(a) A pistol.
(b) A set of keys.
(c) A knife.
(d) A clothes hanger.

4. In what city had Silas spent his early childhood before moving south with his mother?
(a) Denver.
(b) Indianapolis.
(c) Detroit.
(d) Chicago.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When Silas enters Wallace's Stringfellow's house, he sees an aquarium full of what?

3. On what road does Wallace Stringfellow live?

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

5. At the start of the novel, how many murders do Larry's fellow citizens believe he has committed?

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