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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. 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) Mescaline.
(b) Peyote.
(c) Laughing gas.
(d) Opiates.

2. What tactic does Larry use one day to scare off the intruder in the barn?
(a) He sets the barn on fire.
(b) He asks the sheriff to park his police car in front of Larry's barn.
(c) He scares him with the zombie mask.
(d) He blares an air horn in his ear.

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

4. In what part of the body does Silas shoot Wallace Stringfellow before Stringfellow escapes into the woods?
(a) The leg.
(b) The thigh.
(c) The arm.
(d) The ear.

5. What trait does Silas finally decide in Chapter 10 is the thing his mother had always told him was "missing out of" (155) him?
(a) Pride.
(b) Grace.
(c) Confidence.
(d) Courage.

Short Answer Questions

1. What object is used within a simile depicting the force with which the dog comes toward Silas when it is unclipped from its tether?

2. To what horror novel does the scene of the dog John Wayne Gacy allude?

3. What object does Wallace Stringfellow say that he collects when he is interviewed by Silas?

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

5. On what road does Wallace Stringfellow live?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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