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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 is featured in the shocking photograph that Silas finds during his search of Larry's house?
(a) Infant Silas on Larry's mother's lap.
(b) Infant Larry on Silas's mother's lap.
(c) Infant Silas on French's lap.
(d) Infant Cindy on Cecil's lap.

2. Before his death, M and M had been known to local authorities as what type of criminal?
(a) A drug dealer.
(b) A confidence trickster.
(c) A bank robber.
(d) A money launderer.

3. In what month does the novel begin?
(a) April.
(b) December.
(c) September.
(d) February.

4. For what meal do Silas and Angie meet at a local diner at the start of Chapter 8?
(a) Dinner.
(b) Lunch.
(c) Breakfast.
(d) A midnight snack.

5. What position does Silas's girlfriend Angie hold?
(a) Bartender.
(b) Bookkeeper.
(c) Emergency Medical Technician.
(d) Dental hygienist.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of animal does Silas hope to shoot with the weapon Larry lends him?

2. From whom does Silas receive an answering machine message at the end of Chapter 4?

3. To whom had Larry sold some of his land in the past, according to documents Silas finds in Larry's house?

4. Who calls Silas on the phone during the moment he is shocked by one particular photograph in Larry's house?

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?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the character of Larry's father Carl.

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

3. What reason does Larry assume is behind Alice's instruction to Silas that he should stay away from Larry?

4. In what way is the theme of family bonds underscored within Chapter 1?

5. What is the symbolism of the mail truck?

6. What is Silas's reaction when Larry tells a story about Cecil's reckless use of fireworks?

7. For what reason does Silas drive in the direction of a cloud of buzzards he sees in Chapter 2?

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

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

10. What had been the impetus for Silas and his mother's move out of south Chicago?

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