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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 French's lap.
(b) Infant Silas on Larry's mother's lap.
(c) Infant Larry on Silas's mother's lap.
(d) Infant Cindy on Cecil's lap.

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

3. In what town does the novel take place?
(a) Chabot.
(b) Nashville.
(c) Reform.
(d) Macon.

4. The vines and weeds encroaching upon the cabin in the woods are said to resemble what type of creature?
(a) Worms.
(b) Snails.
(c) Eels.
(d) Snake.

5. Part Two , Chapter 6 depicts the time of Silas's life when he had been what age?
(a) 16.
(b) 21.
(c) 11.
(d) 13.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What name does Carl call Larry during the contest over the rifle?

3. Larry's mother often prays that Larry will find what?

4. To whom did Larry's animals used to belong?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the symbolism of the mail truck?

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

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

4. 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.

5. What is meant by the use of the term "curator" (1) in relation to Larry's house?

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

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

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

9. What does Silas ultimately find underneath the flock of buzzards?

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

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