View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The caller on the answering machine message says that at the time of the call, it is the morning of which day of the week?
(a) Monday.
(b) Saturday.
(c) Thursday.
(d) Tuesday.

2. Silas says that Larry had always had a particular affinity for what type of creature?
(a) Snakes.
(b) Walruses.
(c) Horses.
(d) Mice.

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

4. In what state does the narrative take place?
(a) Mississippi.
(b) California.
(c) New Jersey.
(d) Texas.

5. In which community had M and M lived before his death?
(a) Meridian.
(b) Arlos.
(c) Chabot.
(d) Amos.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

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

3. Before his death, M and M had been known to local authorities as what type of criminal?

4. From what location does Silas gather items such as broken glass, molds made from tire tracks, and a piece of a marijuana cigarette?

5. In what part of his body had Larry receives a gunshot wound?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. In what way does Franklin compare and contrast the respective vehicles belonging to Silas and to Larry?

3. What is the symbolism of the mail truck?

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

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

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

7. 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.

8. What event occurs that keeps Silas from finding gunshot Larry himself and whom does he send instead?

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

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

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 1,141 words (approx. 4 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample