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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. 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) Thursday.
(b) Tuesday.
(c) Monday.
(d) Saturday.

2. What does the narration say would be "okay with Larry" (7) at the end of Chapter 1?
(a) Death.
(b) A career change.
(c) Sleep.
(d) Dinner.

3. What type of animal does Silas hope to shoot with the weapon Larry lends him?
(a) Elk.
(b) Rabbits.
(c) Squirrels.
(d) Pheasants.

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

5. From whom does Silas receive an answering machine message at the end of Chapter 4?
(a) French.
(b) Miss Voncille.
(c) Angie.
(d) Larry.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Whose criminal arrest had led to the urgent need for Silas and his mother's relocation?

3. Larry's mother often prays that Larry will find what?

4. In what month does the novel begin?

5. To whom is Larry planning to bring lunch before he is assaulted by a masked man?

Short Essay Questions

1. For what reason does Alice choose to go south when she and Silas leave Chicago?

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

3. 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.

4. Describe the character of Larry's father Carl.

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

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

7. What conclusions does Silas draw about the remains of a marijuana cigarette he finds in the grass at Larry's house?

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

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

10. In what way, if any, does Carl finally address with Larry the subject of the fight over the rifle?

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