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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What had been the real reason behind the date between Cindy and Larry?
(a) Larry had wanted to say he had been on a date with a girl.
(b) Larry had wanted to use the date as a cover to set Cindy up with Silas.
(c) Larry had wanted to use the date as a cover for meeting Silas.
(d) Cindy had wanted to use the date as a cover for a visit to her boyfriend in another town.

2. What does Silas discover underneath the place where his bed had used to be within the cabin in the woods?
(a) A grave.
(b) A necklace.
(c) A mask.
(d) A wig.

3. In which community had M and M lived before his death?
(a) Meridian.
(b) Amos.
(c) Chabot.
(d) Arlos.

4. What is the name of the young woman with whom Larry had gone on a date just before her disappearance?
(a) Riley.
(b) Jane.
(c) Cindy.
(d) Sally.

5. What action ends the friendship between Silas and Larry in their boyhood?
(a) Silas finds out a secret about Larry's mother.
(b) Larry hides Silas's rifle and will not give it back.
(c) Silas uses a racial slur against Larry.
(d) Larry uses a racial slur against Silas.

6. How far is it from Larry's house to the house of his nearest neighbor?
(a) 8 miles.
(b) 3 miles.
(c) 100 yards.
(d) 1 mile.

7. What object is Larry said to be banned from possessing?
(a) A gun.
(b) A passport.
(c) A knife.
(d) A credit card.

8. For what meal do Silas and Angie meet at a local diner at the start of Chapter 8?
(a) Dinner.
(b) A midnight snack.
(c) Breakfast.
(d) Lunch.

9. 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) Angie's house.
(c) Wallace Stringfellow's house.
(d) Larry's property.

10. 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) Foot racing.
(c) Guessing a number between one and ten.
(d) Fighting.

11. What event does Silas reflect upon as he searches Larry's shop in Chapter 6?
(a) His relationship with Angie.
(b) His mother's funeral.
(c) His graduation from high school.
(d) His graduation from college.

12. Who calls Silas in Chapter 4 to tell him that Larry is alive?
(a) French.
(b) Angie.
(c) Miss Voncille.
(d) Alice.

13. The caller on the answering machine message says that at the time of the call, it is the morning of which day of the week?
(a) Monday.
(b) Thursday.
(c) Tuesday.
(d) Saturday.

14. To whom had Larry sold some of his land in the past, according to documents Silas finds in Larry's house?
(a) The Johnsons.
(b) The Joneses.
(c) The Walkers.
(d) The Rutherfords.

15. Silas explains that he and his classmates had once used Larry for the use of which item, before dropping him again completely?
(a) A zombie mask.
(b) A boat.
(c) A convertible car.
(d) A motorcycle.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. In what part of his body had Larry receives a gunshot wound?

3. From what disease is Larry's mother Ina suffering?

4. What object does Silas like to throw?

5. What kind of children are referenced within the novel's epigraph?

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