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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narration say would be "okay with Larry" (7) at the end of Chapter 1?
(a) Sleep.
(b) Dinner.
(c) A career change.
(d) Death.

2. To whom had Larry sold some of his land in the past, according to documents Silas finds in Larry's house?
(a) The Johnsons.
(b) The Joneses.
(c) The Rutherfords.
(d) The Walkers.

3. What event does Silas reflect upon as he searches Larry's shop in Chapter 6?
(a) His mother's funeral.
(b) His relationship with Angie.
(c) His graduation from high school.
(d) His graduation from college.

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

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

6. From what disease is Larry's mother Ina suffering?
(a) Morbid obesity.
(b) Tourette's.
(c) Schizophrenia.
(d) Alzheimer's.

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

8. Larry's mother often prays that Larry will find what?
(a) A purpose.
(b) A friend.
(c) A role model.
(d) A path.

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

10. Where does Larry go after he finishes the chore assigned to him by his father Carl?
(a) To the swimming hole.
(b) To the arcade.
(c) To the cabin.
(d) To the soda shop.

11. For what meal do Silas and Angie meet at a local diner at the start of Chapter 8?
(a) Breakfast.
(b) Lunch.
(c) A midnight snack.
(d) Dinner.

12. 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) Tina Rutherford.
(b) Carl Ott.
(c) Violet Henner.
(d) Wallace Stringfellow.

13. What does Silas discover underneath the place where his bed had used to be within the cabin in the woods?
(a) A wig.
(b) A necklace.
(c) A grave.
(d) A mask.

14. What kind of mask is the masked man wearing when he confronts Larry?
(a) Vampire.
(b) Clown.
(c) Fairy.
(d) Zombie.

15. 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 Angie's house.
(b) To Chabot Town Hall.
(c) To the scene where the body had been found.
(d) To Larry's house.

Short Answer Questions

1. To whom did Larry's animals used to belong?

2. In what part of his body had Larry receives a gunshot wound?

3. Whose criminal arrest had led to the urgent need for Silas and his mother's relocation?

4. Who does French consider the main suspect in Larry's shooting?

5. Part Two , Chapter 6 depicts the time of Silas's life when he had been what age?

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