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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 5-8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of weather is said to have occurred the night before the novel's first events?
(a) A storm.
(b) A quick thaw.
(c) A cold snap.
(d) A tornado.

2. What kind of children are referenced within the novel's epigraph?
(a) Eastern.
(b) Western.
(c) Southern.
(d) Northern.

3. What is the name of the motorist Silas stops on his way to the cabin in the woods where he and his mother Alice had lived?
(a) Violet Henner.
(b) Wallace Stringfellow.
(c) Carl Ott.
(d) Tina Rutherford.

4. In what way is Silas associated with the dead man he has found in the swamp when the narrative first introduces him?
(a) The man had been Silas's stepfather.
(b) The man had been a former classmate.
(c) The man had been Silas's cousin.
(d) The man had been Silas's uncle.

5. What method does Carl force Larry and Silas to use in order to decide who gets to keep Carl's rifle?
(a) Drawing straws.
(b) Guessing a number between one and ten.
(c) Fighting.
(d) Foot racing.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What had been the real reason behind the date between Cindy and Larry?

3. How old had Larry been on the night of his date with Cindy?

4. Where does Silas say he is going instead when Angie starts to invite him to have coffee in the hospital cafeteria with her after seeing Larry?

5. What does Silas discover underneath the place where his bed had used to be within the cabin in the woods?

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