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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What pretense does Wallace Stringfellow use when he approaches Larry's door?
(a) He pretends to be selling encyclopedias.
(b) He pretends to be a cable television salesman.
(c) He pretends to be collecting for charity.
(d) He pretends to be taking a survey.

2. Chapter 10 shifts back and forth throughout which time periods in the novel?
(a) The present and the future.
(b) The distant past and the recent past.
(c) The present and the past.
(d) The past and the future.

3. When Silas enters Wallace's Stringfellow's house, he sees an aquarium full of what?
(a) Snakes.
(b) Kittens.
(c) Spiders.
(d) Fish.

4. Wallace Stringfellow says that he has a dog named what?
(a) BTK Killer.
(b) Ted Bundy.
(c) Art Shawcross.
(d) John Wayne Gacy.

5. Who had found the body underneath his former bed in the cabin?
(a) Larry.
(b) French.
(c) Carl.
(d) Silas.

6. According to Wallace Stringfellow, what drug causes him to be more truthful than he would otherwise be?
(a) Alcohol.
(b) Caffeine.
(c) Laughing gas.
(d) Peyote.

7. In what era does Chapter 13 take place?
(a) The present and the future.
(b) The present.
(c) The distant past and the present.
(d) The future, the present, and the recent past.

8. Wallace Stringfellow tells Larry that sometimes women want which two different actions taken against them?
(a) To be left alone and to be trusted.
(b) To be trusted and adored.
(c) To be raped and hurt.
(d) To be pampered and trusted.

9. What term does Ina use when she recognizes Silas's mother in the photograph Silas brings?
(a) Angel.
(b) Home-wrecker.
(c) Maid.
(d) Harlot.

10. When Larry discovers who the intruder is in his barn, what is NOT a quality of the intruder?
(a) He is young.
(b) He has a dark beard.
(c) He has blond hair.
(d) He is skinny.

11. In Chapter 10, it is revealed that the dead body Silas finds within the cabin belongs to whom?
(a) Tina Rutherford.
(b) Carl Ott.
(c) Ina Ott.
(d) Wallace Stringfellow.

12. In what way does Silas find out Wallace Stringfellow's home address?
(a) He looks it up in the phone book.
(b) He looks it up in the state database.
(c) He asks French.
(d) He asks Miss Voncille.

13. What type of creature is tied up outside of Wallace Stringfellow's house when Silas arrives?
(a) A raccoon.
(b) A dog.
(c) A bobcat.
(d) A rooster.

14. Who is interrogating Larry when Silas arrives to interrupt the interview?
(a) French.
(b) French and Lolly.
(c) An FBI agent.
(d) Lolly.

15. Who had been the first person to shatter Silas's illusion that his relationship with Cindy was a secret no one knew about?
(a) Larry's mother.
(b) Silas's mother.
(c) Cindy's stepfather.
(d) Cindy's mother.

Short Answer Questions

1. What object is used within a simile depicting the force with which the dog comes toward Silas when it is unclipped from its tether?

2. What request does Larry make of his nurses at the end of Chapter 16?

3. Onto what parts of Larry's body does Lolly fasten restraints once the interview is over?

4. What task does Silas complete when he visits Larry's home in Chapter 14?

5. What weapon does Wallace Stringfellow use in order to damage Larry's truck?

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