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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. What name does Silas call the dog tied up outside Wallace Stringfellow's house as he gets out of his Jeep?

2. When Larry wakes up from his coma, he realizes that he is a suspect in what crimes?

3. How many years before Tina Rutherford's disappearance had Larry started to notice signs of visitors to the barn?

4. Who is NOT listed among the people Larry names as the only four who know about a particular topic?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. In what way does the motif of snakes appear within the novel's climax?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write a critical essay about the novel Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter while using the critical power theory lens of Marxist theory. Use textual evidence to back up your strong, specific claim regarding the novel's treatment of issues such as socioeconomic status, hierarchies, wealth, class, or any other issues related to Marxist theory that can be found in the novel.

Essay Topic 2

What is the novel's message concerning the link between guilt and responsibility?

Essay Topic 3

Trace the characterization arc of Silas’s character throughout the novel. Discuss whether Silas is a round or flat character and whether he is a static or dynamic character.

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