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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is featured in the shocking photograph that Silas finds during his search of Larry's house?
(a) Infant Cindy on Cecil's lap.
(b) Infant Silas on Larry's mother's lap.
(c) Infant Silas on French's lap.
(d) Infant Larry on Silas's mother's lap.

2. What are Cecil and Carl trying to do to Cindy when Silas intervenes?
(a) Pulling her hair.
(b) Trying to take her towel off.
(c) Calling her names.
(d) Dunking her in the pool.

3. In what part of his body had Larry receives a gunshot wound?
(a) His head.
(b) His leg.
(c) His chest.
(d) His arm.

4. To whom is Larry planning to bring lunch before he is assaulted by a masked man?
(a) His father.
(b) His mother.
(c) His cousin.
(d) His brother.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What name does Carl call Larry during the contest over the rifle?

2. What is Larry's favorite genre of fiction?

3. What is the name of the young woman with whom Larry had gone on a date just before her disappearance?

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

5. In what way does Silas respond when he hears the answering machine message?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the symbolism of the zombie mask in Chapter 1?

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

3. What is Silas's reaction when Larry tells a story about Cecil's reckless use of fireworks?

4. What does Silas ultimately find underneath the flock of buzzards?

5. What had been the impetus for Silas and his mother's move out of south Chicago?

6. What nickname do the people of Chabot, Mississippi call Silas?

7. What is the significance of Carl's praise toward Larry when he finds out Larry has a date with Cindy?

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

9. In Chapter 8, at the diner, Silas tells Angie a variety of "things he'd never said out loud" (141). Name several of these.

10. Describe French's character.

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