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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. According to Wallace Stringfellow, what drug causes him to be more truthful than he would otherwise be?
(a) Peyote.
(b) Alcohol.
(c) Laughing gas.
(d) Caffeine.

2. When Silas enters Wallace's Stringfellow's house, he sees an aquarium full of what?
(a) Fish.
(b) Kittens.
(c) Snakes.
(d) Spiders.

3. Wallace Stringfellow tells Larry that sometimes women want which two different actions taken against them?
(a) To be trusted and adored.
(b) To be left alone and to be trusted.
(c) To be raped and hurt.
(d) To be pampered and trusted.

4. Larry considers that there are only four people alive who know about what topic?
(a) About the biological relationship between Silas and Larry.
(b) About the trust fund associated with Larry's father Carl.
(c) About the ultimate fate of Cindy.
(d) About the cabin were Tina's body had been found.

5. In what era does Chapter 13 take place?
(a) The present and the future.
(b) The present.
(c) The distant past and the present.
(d) The future, the present, and the recent past.

Short Answer Questions

1. What two sources of help are unavailable to Silas during his altercation with Wallace Stringfellow?

2. In what task is Miss Voncille immersed when Silas sees her in Town Hall and asks her for a favor?

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

4. Into whom does Silas run one night when he is having drinks by himself at the bar called The Bus?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Under what pretense does Silas gain access beyond the entryway of Wallace Stringfellow's house when he comes to question him?

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

5. What is the outcome of Wallace Stringfellow's decision to release his dog upon Silas?

6. In what way does the theme of isolation arise within French's interview of Larry in the hospital?

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

8. What information does Larry decide he wants to tell French while he is still in the hospital?

9. What is the symbolism of the gun Wallace Stringfellow gives to Larry as a Christmas present?

10. In what way is the theme of persecution featured within Larry's experiences in the hospital?

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