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

2. For how many days has "the Rutherford girl" (1) been missing at the start of the novel?
(a) 8.
(b) 3.
(c) 12.
(d) 19.

3. Who is NOT listed among the people Larry names as the only four who know about a particular topic?
(a) Wallace Stringfellow.
(b) Angie.
(c) Silas.
(d) Silas's mother Alice.

4. Where does Larry go after he finishes the chore assigned to him by his father Carl?
(a) To the swimming hole.
(b) To the soda shop.
(c) To the cabin.
(d) To the arcade.

5. For what reason is Lolly absent on the day when Silas visits Wallace Stringfellow's house?
(a) He is interviewing a suspect in M and M's murder.
(b) He is interviewing a suspect in Cindy's murder.
(c) He is interviewing a suspect in Marla's rape.
(d) He is interviewing a suspect in Tina's murder.

Short Answer Questions

1. What object had been in Larry's hand when he had been found?

2. What substance is Wallace Stringfellow ingesting when Silas arrives at his house for the first time?

3. When Silas enters Wallace's Stringfellow's house, he sees an aquarium full of what?

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

5. What trait does Silas finally decide in Chapter 10 is the thing his mother had always told him was "missing out of" (155) him?

(see the answer key)

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