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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 state does the narrative take place?
(a) Mississippi.
(b) California.
(c) New Jersey.
(d) Texas.
2. How far is it from Larry's house to the house of his nearest neighbor?
(a) 100 yards.
(b) 1 mile.
(c) 3 miles.
(d) 8 miles.
3. Silas explains that he and his classmates had once used Larry for the use of which item, before dropping him again completely?
(a) A boat.
(b) A zombie mask.
(c) A convertible car.
(d) A motorcycle.
4. Who wins the right to keep Carl's rifle and for how long?
(a) Larry wins the rifle temporarily.
(b) Silas wins the rifle temporarily.
(c) Silas wins the rifle permanently.
(d) Silas wins the rifle permanently.
5. How old is Larry in the present day?
(a) 26.
(b) 50.
(c) 31.
(d) 41.
Short Answer Questions
1. What object does Silas like to throw?
2. From what disease is Larry's mother Ina suffering?
3. Silas says that Larry had always had a particular affinity for what type of creature?
4. What had been the real reason behind the date between Cindy and Larry?
5. What is the outcome of Larry's encounter with the masked man?
Short Essay Questions
1. In what way is the theme of family bonds underscored within Chapter 1?
2. What is the symbolism of the mail truck?
3. What event occurs that prompts Silas to go check on Larry?
4. What reason does Larry assume is behind Alice's instruction to Silas that he should stay away from Larry?
5. For what reason does Silas drive in the direction of a cloud of buzzards he sees in Chapter 2?
6. Describe French's character.
7. What is meant by the use of the term "curator" (1) in relation to Larry's house?
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. What event occurs that keeps Silas from finding gunshot Larry himself and whom does he send instead?
10. In Chapter 8, at the diner, Silas tells Angie a variety of "things he'd never said out loud" (141). Name several of these.
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