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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What method does Carl force Larry and Silas to use in order to decide who gets to keep Carl's rifle?
(a) Guessing a number between one and ten.
(b) Foot racing.
(c) Fighting.
(d) Drawing straws.

2. Who wins the right to keep Carl's rifle and for how long?
(a) Larry wins the rifle temporarily.
(b) Silas wins the rifle permanently.
(c) Silas wins the rifle temporarily.
(d) Silas wins the rifle permanently.

3. What object is Larry said to be banned from possessing?
(a) A credit card.
(b) A gun.
(c) A passport.
(d) A knife.

4. With what object is the window held up in the office Silas shares with Miss Voncille?
(a) A globe.
(b) A book.
(c) A glass bottle.
(d) A brick.

5. Who calls Silas on the phone during the moment he is shocked by one particular photograph in Larry's house?
(a) Angie.
(b) Alice.
(c) Carl.
(d) French.

6. What is the outcome of Larry's encounter with the masked man?
(a) The masked man is shot.
(b) Larry is shot.
(c) The masked man is tazed.
(d) Larry is stabbed.

7. In what town does the novel take place?
(a) Reform.
(b) Macon.
(c) Chabot.
(d) Nashville.

8. From what location does Silas gather items such as broken glass, molds made from tire tracks, and a piece of a marijuana cigarette?
(a) The cabin in the woods.
(b) Angie's house.
(c) Larry's property.
(d) Wallace Stringfellow's house.

9. For what infraction does Silas stop a motorist in Chapter 8?
(a) Reckless driving.
(b) Driving with no headlights.
(c) Driving a tractor in the middle of the road.
(d) Speeding.

10. Before his death, M and M had been known to local authorities as what type of criminal?
(a) A bank robber.
(b) A money launderer.
(c) A drug dealer.
(d) A confidence trickster.

11. Where does Silas say he is going instead when Angie starts to invite him to have coffee in the hospital cafeteria with her after seeing Larry?
(a) To the scene where the body had been found.
(b) To Larry's house.
(c) To Angie's house.
(d) To Chabot Town Hall.

12. How far is it from Larry's house to the house of his nearest neighbor?
(a) 100 yards.
(b) 8 miles.
(c) 1 mile.
(d) 3 miles.

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

14. From whom does Silas receive an answering machine message at the end of Chapter 4?
(a) Miss Voncille.
(b) Angie.
(c) French.
(d) Larry.

15. At the start of the novel, how many murders do Larry's fellow citizens believe he has committed?
(a) 2.
(b) 3.
(c) 7.
(d) 1.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Larry go after he finishes the chore assigned to him by his father Carl?

2. The caller on the answering machine message says that at the time of the call, it is the morning of which day of the week?

3. In what way is Silas associated with the dead man he has found in the swamp when the narrative first introduces him?

4. For what meal do Silas and Angie meet at a local diner at the start of Chapter 8?

5. What are Cecil and Carl trying to do to Cindy when Silas intervenes?

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