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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 trait does Silas finally decide in Chapter 10 is the thing his mother had always told him was "missing out of" (155) him?
(a) Confidence.
(b) Pride.
(c) Grace.
(d) Courage.

2. What item does Marla bring to Silas along with his sausages at The Hub?
(a) A handwritten note.
(b) A glass of fresh-squeezed orange juice.
(c) A raw egg.
(d) A bottle of aspirin.

3. What weather is taking place outside of Larry's hospital room at the start of Chapter 13?
(a) A blizzard.
(b) A hailstorm.
(c) A meteor shower.
(d) A thunderstorm.

4. Larry recalls that after the disappearance of Tina Rutherford, who had visited him to say that he had "done something" (234)?
(a) Carl.
(b) Lolly.
(c) French.
(d) Wallace Stringfellow.

5. What object does Larry vow to care for and maintain now that his reputation has been cleared?
(a) His garage door.
(b) His porch swing.
(c) His birdhouse.
(d) His mailbox.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of sex does Wallace Stringfellow say sometimes women need in order to "show em who daddy is" (179)?

2. What is the name of the nursing home in which Larry's mother Ina lives?

3. Whom does Larry suspect of murdering Tina Rutherford, by Chapter 13?

4. What reason does Wallace Stringfellow give Silas for needing to go back outside?

5. Who was the chief investigator in the Cindy Walker case?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the theme of honesty arise within Chapters 9 through 12?

2. What is the significance of the narrator's comment that Larry "was tired of buying mailboxes" (231)?

3. In what way does the motif of snakes appear within the novel's climax?

4. What is the significance of Silas's decision to take care of Larry's chickens?

5. During what time period had Larry started to notice signs of an intruder on his family's property?

6. In what way is the placement of the novel's climax unusual?

7. In what ways does Wallace Stringfellow vandalize Larry's truck?

8. In what way does Franklin use sensory details to depict the fight between Silas and Wallace Stringfellow?

9. What do Wallace Stringfellow's experiences with animals reveal about his character?

10. What is the ultimate fate of Wallace Stringfellow, the murderer of Tina Rutherford and M and M, among others?

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