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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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 uncle.
(d) The man had been Silas's cousin.

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

4. How had Larry come to have a date with Cindy?
(a) Cindy had been set up with Larry by Silas.
(b) Cindy had asked Larry for a date.
(c) Larry had been set up with Cindy by his mother.
(d) Larry had asked Cindy for a date.

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

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

7. What kind of mask is the masked man wearing when he confronts Larry?
(a) Clown.
(b) Vampire.
(c) Zombie.
(d) Fairy.

8. How old had Larry been on the night of his date with Cindy?
(a) 17.
(b) 16.
(c) 15.
(d) 13.

9. What object does Larry lend to Silas without the knowledge of Larry's father?
(a) A revolver.
(b) A musket.
(c) A rifle.
(d) A pistol.

10. What object had been in Larry's hand when he had been found?
(a) A set of keys.
(b) A clothes hanger.
(c) A pistol.
(d) A knife.

11. What lack does Silas feel deeply as he walks home in the dark from Larry's house the only time he goes there during his adolescence?
(a) A friend.
(b) A girlfriend.
(c) A job.
(d) A father.

12. 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?
(a) To Chabot Town Hall.
(b) To Larry's house.
(c) To the scene where the body had been found.
(d) To Angie's house.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. What is the outcome of Larry's encounter with the masked man?

3. Who does French consider the main suspect in Larry's shooting?

4. In what state does the narrative take place?

5. 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?

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