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

Multiple Choice 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?
(a) A powerhouse.
(b) A draft horse.
(c) A stallion.
(d) A rocket.

2. Onto what parts of Larry's body does Lolly fasten restraints once the interview is over?
(a) His wrists and his ankles.
(b) His waist and his ankles.
(c) His ankles.
(d) His wrists.

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

4. What object had Wallace Stringfellow been looking for on Larry's property for the past decade?
(a) The murder weapon.
(b) Money.
(c) Tina's body.
(d) Cindy's body.

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

6. Who had told Silas what a reptile collector is called?
(a) Carl.
(b) Angie.
(c) Larry.
(d) Cecil.

7. How long after Silas is warned about his relationship with Cindy does she disappear?
(a) Around six months.
(b) Less than a week.
(c) Less than a month.
(d) Less than a year.

8. To what horror novel does the scene of the dog John Wayne Gacy allude?
(a) Salem's Lot.
(b) Silence of the Lambs.
(c) Rosemary's Baby.
(d) Graveyard Shift.

9. Who is NOT listed among the people Larry names as the only four who know about a particular topic?
(a) Angie.
(b) Wallace Stringfellow.
(c) Silas.
(d) Silas's mother Alice.

10. Larry considers that there are only four people alive who know about what topic?
(a) About the biological relationship between Silas and Larry.
(b) About the cabin were Tina's body had been found.
(c) About the trust fund associated with Larry's father Carl.
(d) About the ultimate fate of Cindy.

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

12. What trait does Silas finally decide in Chapter 10 is the thing his mother had always told him was "missing out of" (155) him?
(a) Confidence.
(b) Pride.
(c) Grace.
(d) Courage.

13. Who was the chief investigator in the Cindy Walker case?
(a) John Morin.
(b) Sheriff Lolly.
(c) French.
(d) Silas.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Wallace Stringfellow says that he has a dog named what?

2. The woman into whom Silas runs at the bar called The Bus says that her roommate had dated a guy with a collection of guns and a collection of what?

3. With what object does Wallace Stringfellow emerge from his house during his fight with Silas?

4. Who ultimately kills Wallace Stringfellow, according to a news report?

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

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