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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. When Larry wakes up from his coma, he learns that Silas is the one who had taken what action?
(a) Shattered Larry's windshield.
(b) Killed Tina Rutherford.
(c) Saved Larry's life.
(d) Cooked Angie dinner.

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

7. In what part of Silas's body is he shot before he crawls underneath Wallace Stringfellow's house?
(a) His right arm.
(b) His left arm.
(c) His right leg.
(d) His left leg.

8. On what road does Wallace Stringfellow live?
(a) County Road 14.
(b) County Road 36.
(c) Country Road 16.
(d) County Road 7.

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

10. In what location does Silas emerge when he crawls the length of Wallace Stringfellow's house?
(a) Near the back door.
(b) Near the woodpile.
(c) Near the front door.
(d) Near the fountain.

11. How many years before Tina Rutherford's disappearance had Larry started to notice signs of visitors to the barn?
(a) 19.
(b) 8.
(c) 10.
(d) 12.

12. Whom does Larry suspect of murdering Tina Rutherford, by Chapter 13?
(a) Wallace Stringfellow.
(b) Carl.
(c) Ina.
(d) Cecil.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. To what horror novel does the scene of the dog John Wayne Gacy allude?

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

3. Wallace Stringfellow tells Larry that sometimes women want which two different actions taken against them?

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

5. Who had told Silas what a reptile collector is called?

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