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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. On what Saturday of Larry's summer vacation does Chapter 5 begin?
(a) The fourth.
(b) The second.
(c) The third.
(d) The first.

4. What kind of weather is said to have occurred the night before the novel's first events?
(a) A quick thaw.
(b) A tornado.
(c) A storm.
(d) A cold snap.

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

6. 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) Violet Henner.
(c) Wallace Stringfellow.
(d) Carl Ott.

7. How had Larry come to have a date with Cindy?
(a) Larry had asked Cindy for a date.
(b) Larry had been set up with Cindy by his mother.
(c) Cindy had been set up with Larry by Silas.
(d) Cindy had asked Larry for a date.

8. In what month does the novel begin?
(a) April.
(b) February.
(c) September.
(d) December.

9. Silas explains that he and his classmates had once used Larry for the use of which item, before dropping him again completely?
(a) A convertible car.
(b) A motorcycle.
(c) A boat.
(d) A zombie mask.

10. In what state does the narrative take place?
(a) Mississippi.
(b) California.
(c) New Jersey.
(d) Texas.

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

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

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

14. Who calls Silas in Chapter 4 to tell him that Larry is alive?
(a) Alice.
(b) French.
(c) Angie.
(d) Miss Voncille.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In what city had Silas spent his early childhood before moving south with his mother?

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

3. In what year does Chapter 5 take place?

4. From what location does Silas gather items such as broken glass, molds made from tire tracks, and a piece of a marijuana cigarette?

5. How old is Larry in the present day?

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