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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. From what location does Silas gather items such as broken glass, molds made from tire tracks, and a piece of a marijuana cigarette?
(a) The cabin in the woods.
(b) Larry's property.
(c) Angie's house.
(d) Wallace Stringfellow's house.

2. Chapter 10 shifts back and forth throughout which time periods in the novel?
(a) The present and the past.
(b) The past and the future.
(c) The distant past and the recent past.
(d) The present and the future.

3. In what way does Silas find out Wallace Stringfellow's home address?
(a) He asks Miss Voncille.
(b) He asks French.
(c) He looks it up in the state database.
(d) He looks it up in the phone book.

4. What two sources of help are unavailable to Silas during his altercation with Wallace Stringfellow?
(a) His holster and his handcuffs.
(b) His radio and his nightstick.
(c) His gun and his tazer.
(d) His phone and his radio.

5. Who wins the right to keep Carl's rifle and for how long?
(a) Silas wins the rifle permanently.
(b) Silas wins the rifle temporarily.
(c) Larry wins the rifle temporarily.
(d) Silas wins the rifle permanently.

Short Answer Questions

1. What event does Silas reflect upon as he searches Larry's shop in Chapter 6?

2. Who had told Silas what a reptile collector is called?

3. What will be the lasting effects of Silas's dog bite, according to the narrator?

4. Wallace Stringfellow tells Larry that sometimes women want which two different actions taken against them?

5. Silas explains that he and his classmates had once used Larry for the use of which item, before dropping him again completely?

(see the answer key)

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