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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 object is used within a simile depicting the force with which the dog comes toward Silas when it is unclipped from its tether?
(a) A draft horse.
(b) A stallion.
(c) A powerhouse.
(d) A rocket.

2. The woman into whom Silas runs at the bar called The Bus says that her roommate had dated a guy with a collection of guns and a collection of what?
(a) Postage stamps.
(b) Snakes.
(c) Spiders.
(d) Butterflies.

3. What adjective is used to describe the weapon with which Wallace Stringfellow emerges from his house?
(a) Snub-nosed.
(b) Double-barreled.
(c) Small.
(d) Large.

4. Into whom does Silas run one night when he is having drinks by himself at the bar called The Bus?
(a) Irene.
(b) Irma.
(c) Ina.
(d) Irina.

5. At what age had Larry started to notice signs of an intruder within the barn?
(a) 12.
(b) 19.
(c) 31.
(d) 42.

Short Answer Questions

1. Larry considers that there are only four people alive who know about what topic?

2. In what part of the body does Silas shoot Wallace Stringfellow before Stringfellow escapes into the woods?

3. To how many channels does Larry have access during his stay in the hospital?

4. What pretense does Wallace Stringfellow use when he approaches Larry's door?

5. What task does Silas complete when he visits Larry's home in Chapter 14?

Short Essay Questions

1. What traits in a person is Larry willing to overlook due to his own severe loneliness?

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

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

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

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

6. What drug does Wallace Stringfellow admit to taking on the night when he vandalizes Larry's truck?

7. With what aspect of his life is Larry completely fed up at the start of Chapter 13?

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

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

10. In what way does Franklin suggest that Larry may have given up hope of being exonerated?

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