2. Silas says that Larry had always had a particular affinity for what type of creature?
(a) Snakes.
(b) Horses.
(c) Walruses.
(d) Mice.

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

4. What object does Larry come home to find "waiting" in his house in the first sentence of the novel?
(a) A beast.
(b) A ghost.
(c) A monster.
(d) A mirage.

5. What is Larry's favorite genre of fiction?
(a) Romance.
(b) Horror.
(c) Science Fiction.
(d) Mystery.

Short Answer Questions

1. How far is it from Larry's house to the house of his nearest neighbor?

2. What does the narration say would be "okay with Larry" (7) at the end of Chapter 1?

3. From whom does Silas receive an answering machine message at the end of Chapter 4?

4. What type of animal does Silas hope to shoot with the weapon Larry lends him?

5. Before his death, M and M had been known to local authorities as what type of criminal?

Short Essay Questions

1. In what way does Franklin compare and contrast the respective vehicles belonging to Silas and to Larry?

2. In what way is the theme of family bonds underscored within Chapter 1?

3. What reason does Larry assume is behind Alice's instruction to Silas that he should stay away from Larry?

4. What details does Franklin use in order to indicate to the reader just how small Cabot, Mississippi really is and how it functions as such?

5. How is the theme of courage demonstrated within Chapter 5?

6. Discuss a moment in the text when Franklin causes the reader to wonder about Larry's role in the murders he is suspected by the community as having committed.

7. For what reason does Silas drive in the direction of a cloud of buzzards he sees in Chapter 2?

8. In what setting and era does Chapter 5 take place?

9. What is meant by the use of the term "curator" (1) in relation to Larry's house?

10. What event occurs that prompts Silas to go check on Larry?

(see the answer keys)

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