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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are Cecil and Carl trying to do to Cindy when Silas intervenes?
(a) Trying to take her towel off.
(b) Calling her names.
(c) Pulling her hair.
(d) Dunking her in the pool.

2. How old is Larry in the present day?
(a) 31.
(b) 26.
(c) 41.
(d) 50.

3. At the start of the novel, how many murders do Larry's fellow citizens believe he has committed?
(a) 2.
(b) 1.
(c) 3.
(d) 7.

4. From what location does Silas gather items such as broken glass, molds made from tire tracks, and a piece of a marijuana cigarette?
(a) Wallace Stringfellow's house.
(b) Larry's property.
(c) Angie's house.
(d) The cabin in the woods.

5. What is the name of the motorist Silas stops on his way to the cabin in the woods where he and his mother Alice had lived?
(a) Wallace Stringfellow.
(b) Violet Henner.
(c) Carl Ott.
(d) Tina Rutherford.

Short Answer Questions

1. What action ends the friendship between Silas and Larry in their boyhood?

2. At what item does Silas stare as he listens to the answering machine message at the end of Chapter 4?

3. In which community had M and M lived before his death?

4. What action does Silas take before beginning the day's investigation at the start of Chapter 6?

5. What position does Silas's girlfriend Angie hold?

Short Essay Questions

1. What details does Franklin use in order to indicate to the reader just how small Cabot, Mississippi really is and how it functions as such?

2. For what reason does Alice choose to go south when she and Silas leave Chicago?

3. What is the significance of Carl's praise toward Larry when he finds out Larry has a date with Cindy?

4. What conclusions does Silas draw about the remains of a marijuana cigarette he finds in the grass at Larry's house?

5. What is the symbolism of the mail truck?

6. In Chapter 8, at the diner, Silas tells Angie a variety of "things he'd never said out loud" (141). Name several of these.

7. How is the theme of courage demonstrated within Chapter 5?

8. Describe French's character.

9. What nickname do the people of Chabot, Mississippi call Silas?

10. In what setting and era does Chapter 5 take place?

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