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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What types of animals does Larry keep on his property?
(a) Rabbits.
(b) Pigs.
(c) Chickens.
(d) Ducks.

2. In what way does Silas respond when he hears the answering machine message?
(a) He returns the call immediately.
(b) He tells French about the message.
(c) He returns the call the next day.
(d) He does not return the call.

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

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

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

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

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

8. In what year does Chapter 5 take place?
(a) 2011.
(b) 2018.
(c) 1992.
(d) 1979.

9. What had been the real reason behind the date between Cindy and Larry?
(a) Larry had wanted to use the date as a cover to set Cindy up with Silas.
(b) Larry had wanted to use the date as a cover for meeting Silas.
(c) Cindy had wanted to use the date as a cover for a visit to her boyfriend in another town.
(d) Larry had wanted to say he had been on a date with a girl.

10. What action ends the friendship between Silas and Larry in their boyhood?
(a) Larry uses a racial slur against Silas.
(b) Silas uses a racial slur against Larry.
(c) Larry hides Silas's rifle and will not give it back.
(d) Silas finds out a secret about Larry's mother.

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

12. Silas says that Larry had always had a particular affinity for what type of creature?
(a) Mice.
(b) Walruses.
(c) Snakes.
(d) Horses.

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

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

15. What is featured in the shocking photograph that Silas finds during his search of Larry's house?
(a) Infant Larry on Silas's mother's lap.
(b) Infant Silas on Larry's mother's lap.
(c) Infant Cindy on Cecil's lap.
(d) Infant Silas on French's lap.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Larry's favorite genre of fiction?

2. To whom is Larry planning to bring lunch before he is assaulted by a masked man?

3. In what month does the novel begin?

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

5. Before his death, M and M had been known to local authorities as what type of criminal?

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