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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 type of sex does Wallace Stringfellow say sometimes women need in order to "show em who daddy is" (179)?
(a) Meditative.
(b) Oral.
(c) Anal.
(d) Tantric.

2. What substance is Wallace Stringfellow ingesting when Silas arrives at his house for the first time?
(a) Coffee.
(b) Tea.
(c) Beer.
(d) Laughing gas.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of creature is featured on the show Larry watches from his hospital room?

2. Whom does Larry suspect of murdering Tina Rutherford, by Chapter 13?

3. What adjective is used to describe the weapon with which Wallace Stringfellow emerges from his house?

4. Onto what parts of Larry's body does Lolly fasten restraints once the interview is over?

5. 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?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe an example of Franklin's use of allusion within Chapter 14.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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