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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 was the chief investigator in the Cindy Walker case?
2. Wallace Stringfellow tells Larry that sometimes women want which two different actions taken against them?
3. Into whom does Silas run one night when he is having drinks by himself at the bar called The Bus?
4. What reason does Wallace Stringfellow give Silas for needing to go back outside?
5. In what part of Silas's body is he shot before he crawls underneath Wallace Stringfellow's house?
Short Essay Questions
1. In what ways does Wallace Stringfellow vandalize Larry's truck?
2. What information does Silas reveal when he interrupts the interrogation of Larry at the hospital?
3. What is the significance of the narrator's comment that Larry "was tired of buying mailboxes" (231)?
4. In what way does the motif of snakes appear within the novel's climax?
5. In what way does Franklin use sensory details to depict the fight between Silas and Wallace Stringfellow?
6. What drug does Wallace Stringfellow admit to taking on the night when he vandalizes Larry's truck?
7. Describe the event involving Larry, a then-unknown-to-Larry Wallace Stringfellow, and the zombie mask.
8. Describe an example of Franklin's use of allusion within Chapter 14.
9. What do Wallace Stringfellow's experiences with animals reveal about his character?
10. In what way is the placement of the novel's climax unusual?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss Franklin's messages about guilt and responsibility within the novel Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter.
Essay Topic 2
Discuss Franklin's message about life in a small town.
Essay Topic 3
Look carefully at the passages of the novel that describe the close relationship between fear and persecution. What is Franklin's purpose for discussing at length the nature of the connection between these two themes?
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