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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. Who ultimately kills Wallace Stringfellow, according to a news report?
(a) Cecil Walker.
(b) Silas.
(c) Wallace Stringfellow.
(d) French.

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

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

4. When Larry wakes up from his coma, he realizes that he is a suspect in what crimes?
(a) The robbery of the Chabot Bank.
(b) The murder of Tina Rutherford and his own gunshot wound.
(c) The murders of Cindy Walker and Tina Rutherford.
(d) The rape and murder of Cindy Walker.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Chapter 10 shifts back and forth throughout which time periods in the novel?

2. In what part of Silas's body is he shot before he crawls underneath Wallace Stringfellow's house?

3. What method of communication does Larry use to tell French everything he knows about Wallace Stringfellow?

4. How long after Silas is warned about his relationship with Cindy does she disappear?

5. Larry recalls that after the disappearance of Tina Rutherford, who had visited him to say that he had "done something" (234)?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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