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

2. In what era does Chapter 13 take place?

3. Who had found the body underneath his former bed in the cabin?

4. Whom does Larry suspect of murdering Tina Rutherford, by Chapter 13?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. What information does Larry decide he wants to tell French while he is still in the hospital?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Determine Franklin's message regarding the idea that the setting in which a person grows up has a direct influence on one’s identity.

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

Write a critical essay about the novel Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter while using the critical power theory lens of feminist theory. Use textual evidence to back up your strong, specific claim regarding the novel's treatment of gender roles, violence against women or girls, female empowerment, misogyny's role within society, or any other issues related to feminist theory that can be found in the novel.

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