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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Who calls Silas on the phone during the moment he is shocked by one particular photograph in Larry's house?
2. How old is Larry in the present day?
3. Who calls Silas in Chapter 4 to tell him that Larry is alive?
4. What object is Larry said to be banned from possessing?
5. Who has a habit of spying on Cindy Walker as she sunbathes on her deck?
Short Essay Questions
1. What reason does Larry assume is behind Alice's instruction to Silas that he should stay away from Larry?
2. What event occurs that keeps Silas from finding gunshot Larry himself and whom does he send instead?
3. Discuss a moment in the text when Franklin causes the reader to wonder about Larry's role in the murders he is suspected by the community as having committed.
4. In Chapter 8, at the diner, Silas tells Angie a variety of "things he'd never said out loud" (141). Name several of these.
5. What nickname do the people of Chabot, Mississippi call Silas?
6. What conclusions does Silas draw about the remains of a marijuana cigarette he finds in the grass at Larry's house?
7. In what way, if any, does Carl finally address with Larry the subject of the fight over the rifle?
8. In what way is the theme of family bonds underscored within Chapter 1?
9. In what setting and era does Chapter 5 take place?
10. What had been the impetus for Silas and his mother's move out of south Chicago?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss Franklin's message about life in a small town.
Essay Topic 2
William Faulkner once famously claimed that the most important literature deals with the subject of the human heart in conflict with itself. Explain how the theme of Human versus Self is demonstrated within the novel Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter. Create a decisive, arguable claim and prove it with quotes from the novel.
Essay Topic 3
What messages does the novel Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter send about substance abuse and what themes does Franklin employ in order to send these messages to the reader?
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