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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. For what reason is Lolly absent on the day when Silas visits Wallace Stringfellow's house?
(a) He is interviewing a suspect in Tina's murder.
(b) He is interviewing a suspect in M and M's murder.
(c) He is interviewing a suspect in Marla's rape.
(d) He is interviewing a suspect in Cindy's murder.

2. What adjective is used to describe the weapon with which Wallace Stringfellow emerges from his house?
(a) Small.
(b) Snub-nosed.
(c) Double-barreled.
(d) Large.

3. What weapon does Wallace Stringfellow use in order to damage Larry's truck?
(a) A baseball bat.
(b) A cement block.
(c) A gun.
(d) His own body.

4. To how many channels does Larry have access during his stay in the hospital?
(a) 100+.
(b) 5.
(c) 75.
(d) 50.

5. Larry recalls that after the disappearance of Tina Rutherford, who had visited him to say that he had "done something" (234)?
(a) Wallace Stringfellow.
(b) Carl.
(c) French.
(d) Lolly.

6. What is the name of the nursing home in which Larry's mother Ina lives?
(a) River Acres.
(b) Shady Acres.
(c) Shady Pines.
(d) Forest Grove.

7. When Larry wakes up from his coma, he realizes that he is a suspect in what crimes?
(a) The rape and murder of Cindy Walker.
(b) The murder of Tina Rutherford and his own gunshot wound.
(c) The robbery of the Chabot Bank.
(d) The murders of Cindy Walker and Tina Rutherford.

8. What task does Silas complete when he visits Larry's home in Chapter 14?
(a) He feeds the snakes.
(b) He feeds the hogs.
(c) He feeds the chickens.
(d) He feeds the fish.

9. What weather is taking place outside of Larry's hospital room at the start of Chapter 13?
(a) A hailstorm.
(b) A thunderstorm.
(c) A blizzard.
(d) A meteor shower.

10. What object does Wallace Stringfellow name when he mentions strangling women?
(a) A metal chain.
(b) A garotte.
(c) A nylon stocking.
(d) A belt.

11. In what task is Miss Voncille immersed when Silas sees her in Town Hall and asks her for a favor?
(a) Balancing the town's budget.
(b) Sending out parking tickets.
(c) Doing her taxes.
(d) Planning the Fourth of July parade.

12. Wallace Stringfellow admits during one visit to Larry's house all but which of the following things?
(a) That he is not really a cable television salesman.
(b) That he had used to imagine Larry catching him on Larry's property.
(c) That he had been curious about meeting Larry due to his nefarious reputation.
(d) That he had killed Tina Rutherford.

13. With what object does Wallace Stringfellow emerge from his house during his fight with Silas?
(a) A revolver.
(b) A shotgun.
(c) A machete.
(d) A knife.

14. Wallace Stringfellow says that he had enjoyed listening to what sound as a child?
(a) His father strangling his mother.
(b) His mother having sex with various men.
(c) His mother hurting his sister.
(d) The rain falling onto the roof.

15. When Silas tells French everything he knows about the case, what is the only piece of information he withholds?
(a) That Tina had been friends with Wallace Stringfellow.
(b) That Cindy had been pregnant.
(c) That Wallace Stringfellow had been friends with Larry.
(d) That Larry is his half-brother.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what location does Silas emerge when he crawls the length of Wallace Stringfellow's house?

2. Who had found the body underneath his former bed in the cabin?

3. At what age had Larry started to notice signs of an intruder within the barn?

4. Chapter 10 shifts back and forth throughout which time periods in the novel?

5. What object does Larry vow to care for and maintain now that his reputation has been cleared?

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