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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. To how many channels does Larry have access during his stay in the hospital?

2. Wallace Stringfellow says that he had enjoyed listening to what sound as a child?

3. In what location does Silas emerge when he crawls the length of Wallace Stringfellow's house?

4. How long after Silas is warned about his relationship with Cindy does she disappear?

5. In what task is Miss Voncille immersed when Silas sees her in Town Hall and asks her for a favor?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What drug does Wallace Stringfellow admit to taking on the night when he vandalizes Larry's truck?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Sensory details are used frequently by Franklin in order to create vivid pictures of each character's progression through the narrative. Choose three scenes in which sensory details are heavily used and discuss how the sensory details used by Franklin serve Franklin's creation of vivid characters.

Essay Topic 2

Analyze the interplay between the resolution of the novel Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter and one of the novel's main messages. How does Franklin make connections between these elements and how does their juxtaposition help Franklin get across one main message of the novel?

Essay Topic 3

What is the function of Carl's character within the novel? Discuss the characterization methods used by Franklin in depicting Carl and include in your discussion the reasons that Franklin portrays Carl in these particular ways.

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