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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What tactic does Larry use one day to scare off the intruder in the barn?
(a) He blares an air horn in his ear.
(b) He asks the sheriff to park his police car in front of Larry's barn.
(c) He sets the barn on fire.
(d) He scares him with the zombie mask.

4. What method of communication does Larry use to tell French everything he knows about Wallace Stringfellow?
(a) Morse code.
(b) Phone call.
(c) Radio.
(d) Telegram.

5. How had Cindy Walker felt about her future in Chabot?
(a) She had wanted to be a concert pianist.
(b) She had wanted to leave the area as soon as possible.
(c) She had wanted to become a marine biologist.
(d) She had known that her stepfather would murder her one day.

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

7. What scents does Silas hope to smell as he enters Wallace Stringfellow's home?
(a) Marijuana or cocaine.
(b) Crack or glue.
(c) Marijuana or meth.
(d) Meth or its associated chemicals.

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

9. 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?
(a) Spiders.
(b) Postage stamps.
(c) Snakes.
(d) Butterflies.

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

11. Who does Silas eventually decide had likely murdered Cindy?
(a) Cecil.
(b) Ina.
(c) Carl.
(d) Alice.

12. In addition to being drunk on beer and high on marijuana, what third drug has Wallace Stringfellow added to the mix the night he was thrown out of Larry's house?
(a) Mescaline.
(b) Peyote.
(c) Opiates.
(d) Laughing gas.

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

14. 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 stallion.
(c) A rocket.
(d) A draft horse.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In what sport had Silas been a star at the time when he met Cindy?

2. When Larry discovers who the intruder is in his barn, what is NOT a quality of the intruder?

3. What scent does Silas NOT smell as he steps inside of Wallace Stringfellow's house?

4. How many years before Tina Rutherford's disappearance had Larry started to notice signs of visitors to the barn?

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

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