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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 apologize.
(b) To eat lunch.
(c) To show Silas the zombie mask.
(d) To call his mother.

2. In what task is Miss Voncille immersed when Silas sees her in Town Hall and asks her for a favor?
(a) Doing her taxes.
(b) Sending out parking tickets.
(c) Balancing the town's budget.
(d) Planning the Fourth of July parade.

3. In addition to being drunk on beer and high on marijuana, what third drug has Wallace Stringfellow added to the mix the night he was thrown out of Larry's house?
(a) Peyote.
(b) Laughing gas.
(c) Mescaline.
(d) Opiates.

4. To how many channels does Larry have access during his stay in the hospital?
(a) 5.
(b) 75.
(c) 50.
(d) 100+.

5. In what sport had Silas been a star at the time when he met Cindy?
(a) Diving.
(b) Baseball.
(c) Racquetball.
(d) Swimming.

Short Answer Questions

1. Wallace Stringfellow tells Larry that sometimes women want which two different actions taken against them?

2. When Larry discovers who the intruder is in his barn, what is NOT a quality of the intruder?

3. According to Wallace Stringfellow, what drug causes him to be more truthful than he would otherwise be?

4. What will be the lasting effects of Silas's dog bite, according to the narrator?

5. What object had Wallace Stringfellow been looking for on Larry's property for the past decade?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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