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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. In what town does the novel take place?
(a) Reform.
(b) Macon.
(c) Chabot.
(d) Nashville.
2. In what month does the novel begin?
(a) December.
(b) September.
(c) April.
(d) February.
3. For how many days has "the Rutherford girl" (1) been missing at the start of the novel?
(a) 19.
(b) 8.
(c) 3.
(d) 12.
4. Who has a habit of spying on Cindy Walker as she sunbathes on her deck?
(a) Silas.
(b) Wallace Stringfellow.
(c) Larry.
(d) French.
5. What type of animal does Silas hope to shoot with the weapon Larry lends him?
(a) Squirrels.
(b) Rabbits.
(c) Elk.
(d) Pheasants.
Short Answer Questions
1. From whom does Silas receive an answering machine message at the end of Chapter 4?
2. What is the outcome of Larry's encounter with the masked man?
3. What is the name of the young woman with whom Larry had gone on a date just before her disappearance?
4. What action does Silas take before beginning the day's investigation at the start of Chapter 6?
5. In what way does Silas respond when he hears the answering machine message?
Short Essay Questions
1. For what reason does Silas drive in the direction of a cloud of buzzards he sees in Chapter 2?
2. In what way does Franklin compare and contrast the respective vehicles belonging to Silas and to Larry?
3. What had been the impetus for Silas and his mother's move out of south Chicago?
4. What event occurs that prompts Silas to go check on Larry?
5. What nickname do the people of Chabot, Mississippi call Silas?
6. What does Silas ultimately find underneath the flock of buzzards?
7. What is the symbolism of the mail truck?
8. 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?
9. Discuss a moment in the text when Franklin causes the reader to wonder about Larry's role in the murders he is suspected by the community as having committed.
10. How is the theme of courage demonstrated within Chapter 5?
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