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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. When Silas insists that Larry tell him details about the shooting at Larry's house, Larry says that first he wants to take what action?
(a) To call his mother.
(b) To eat lunch.
(c) To show Silas the zombie mask.
(d) To apologize.

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

3. When Silas tells French everything he knows about the case, what is the only piece of information he withholds?
(a) That Tina had been friends with Wallace Stringfellow.
(b) That Cindy had been pregnant.
(c) That Larry is his half-brother.
(d) That Wallace Stringfellow had been friends with Larry.

4. What task does Silas complete when he visits Larry's home in Chapter 14?
(a) He feeds the chickens.
(b) He feeds the hogs.
(c) He feeds the fish.
(d) He feeds the snakes.

5. What two sources of help are unavailable to Silas during his altercation with Wallace Stringfellow?
(a) His radio and his nightstick.
(b) His phone and his radio.
(c) His gun and his tazer.
(d) His holster and his handcuffs.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What object does Wallace Stringfellow name when he mentions strangling women?

3. When Silas enters Wallace's Stringfellow's house, he sees an aquarium full of what?

4. Who does Silas eventually decide had likely murdered Cindy?

5. When Larry wakes up from his coma, he learns that Silas is the one who had taken what action?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What information does Silas reveal when he interrupts the interrogation of Larry at the hospital?

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

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

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

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

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

8. What is Wallace Stringfellow's response when Silas asks him where he had gotten the zombie mask?

9. Describe the event involving Larry, a then-unknown-to-Larry Wallace Stringfellow, and the zombie mask.

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

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