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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 13-16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What object does Wallace Stringfellow say that he collects when he is interviewed by Silas?
(a) Fish.
(b) Rodents.
(c) Reptiles.
(d) Butterflies.

2. What is featured in the shocking photograph that Silas finds during his search of Larry's house?
(a) Infant Silas on Larry's mother's lap.
(b) Infant Cindy on Cecil's lap.
(c) Infant Larry on Silas's mother's lap.
(d) Infant Silas on French's lap.

3. What action does Silas take before beginning the day's investigation at the start of Chapter 6?
(a) He sweeps the floor of Town Hall.
(b) He eats breakfast at the diner.
(c) He picks Miss Voncille up from the hairdresser.
(d) He picks up his dry cleaning.

4. To what horror novel does the scene of the dog John Wayne Gacy allude?
(a) Salem's Lot.
(b) Rosemary's Baby.
(c) Silence of the Lambs.
(d) Graveyard Shift.

5. What weapon does Wallace Stringfellow use in order to damage Larry's truck?
(a) His own body.
(b) A gun.
(c) A baseball bat.
(d) A cement block.

Short Answer Questions

1. Part Two , Chapter 6 depicts the time of Silas's life when he had been what age?

2. The vines and weeds encroaching upon the cabin in the woods are said to resemble what type of creature?

3. From what location does Silas gather items such as broken glass, molds made from tire tracks, and a piece of a marijuana cigarette?

4. When Silas and his mother Alice had been forced to move, which direction had she told Silas they would need to go in order to end up with people she knew?

5. When Silas tells French everything he knows about the case, what is the only piece of information he withholds?

(see the answer key)

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