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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What two sources of help are unavailable to Silas during his altercation with Wallace Stringfellow?
(a) His holster and his handcuffs.
(b) His radio and his nightstick.
(c) His gun and his tazer.
(d) His phone and his radio.

2. What type of creature is featured on the show Larry watches from his hospital room?
(a) A garter snake.
(b) A python.
(c) A cobra.
(d) A cotton mouth.

3. What scent does Silas NOT smell as he steps inside of Wallace Stringfellow's house?
(a) Cigarettes.
(b) Beer.
(c) Incense.
(d) Filth.

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

5. 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) Postage stamps.
(b) Snakes.
(c) Butterflies.
(d) Spiders.

6. 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 stallion.
(b) A rocket.
(c) A draft horse.
(d) A powerhouse.

7. 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) Peyote.
(b) Opiates.
(c) Laughing gas.
(d) Mescaline.

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

9. What object does Wallace Stringfellow say that he collects when he is interviewed by Silas?
(a) Rodents.
(b) Reptiles.
(c) Butterflies.
(d) Fish.

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

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

12. What request does Larry make of his nurses at the end of Chapter 16?
(a) To be wheeled outside for a cigarette.
(b) To be given a bath.
(c) To be given vegetarian meals.
(d) To be moved to another room.

13. 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) Grace.
(c) Pride.
(d) Courage.

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

15. What object does Larry vow to care for and maintain now that his reputation has been cleared?
(a) His garage door.
(b) His birdhouse.
(c) His porch swing.
(d) His mailbox.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what task is Miss Voncille immersed when Silas sees her in Town Hall and asks her for a favor?

2. What type of sex does Wallace Stringfellow say sometimes women need in order to "show em who daddy is" (179)?

3. Wallace Stringfellow says that he had enjoyed listening to what sound as a child?

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

5. To how many channels does Larry have access during his stay in the hospital?

(see the answer keys)

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