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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What lack does Silas feel deeply as he walks home in the dark from Larry's house the only time he goes there during his adolescence?
(a) A father.
(b) A girlfriend.
(c) A friend.
(d) A job.

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

3. 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 Rutherfords.
(c) The Joneses.
(d) The Walkers.

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

5. To whom is Larry planning to bring lunch before he is assaulted by a masked man?
(a) His brother.
(b) His cousin.
(c) His father.
(d) His mother.

6. What name does Carl call Larry during the contest over the rifle?
(a) Weakling.
(b) Pansy.
(c) Pantywaist.
(d) Milquetoast.

7. What object does Silas like to throw?
(a) A baseball.
(b) A boomerang.
(c) A racquetball.
(d) A football.

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

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

10. What is peculiar about the phone bill Silas finds in Larry's house?
(a) The phone bill is in Tina Rutherford's name.
(b) Every call is made from the same number to Larry's number.
(c) The phone bill is in Cecil Walker's name.
(d) There are no outgoing calls listed.

11. What object does Larry come home to find "waiting" in his house in the first sentence of the novel?
(a) A monster.
(b) A ghost.
(c) A beast.
(d) A mirage.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How far is it from Larry's house to the house of his nearest neighbor?

2. Who wins the right to keep Carl's rifle and for how long?

3. On what Saturday of Larry's summer vacation does Chapter 5 begin?

4. How had Larry come to have a date with Cindy?

5. In what year does Chapter 5 take place?

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