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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 item does Marla bring to Silas along with his sausages at The Hub?
(a) A glass of fresh-squeezed orange juice.
(b) A bottle of aspirin.
(c) A raw egg.
(d) A handwritten note.

2. At what age had Larry started to notice signs of an intruder within the barn?
(a) 31.
(b) 19.
(c) 12.
(d) 42.

3. What object does Larry vow to care for and maintain now that his reputation has been cleared?
(a) His mailbox.
(b) His garage door.
(c) His birdhouse.
(d) His porch swing.

4. In Chapter 10, it is revealed that the dead body Silas finds within the cabin belongs to whom?
(a) Wallace Stringfellow.
(b) Ina Ott.
(c) Tina Rutherford.
(d) Carl Ott.

5. What request does Larry make of his nurses at the end of Chapter 16?
(a) To be moved to another room.
(b) To be given vegetarian meals.
(c) To be wheeled outside for a cigarette.
(d) To be given a bath.

Short Answer Questions

1. What weapon does Wallace Stringfellow use in order to damage Larry's truck?

2. When Silas enters Wallace's Stringfellow's house, he sees an aquarium full of what?

3. Angie and Silas decide that which person is most likely to be responsible for Cindy's murder?

4. Who is NOT listed among the people Larry names as the only four who know about a particular topic?

5. In what era does Chapter 13 take place?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the significance of the narrator's comment that Larry "was tired of buying mailboxes" (231)?

2. During what time period had Larry started to notice signs of an intruder on his family's property?

3. In what way is the placement of the novel's climax unusual?

4. What is the significance of Silas's decision to take care of Larry's chickens?

5. What drug does Wallace Stringfellow admit to taking on the night when he vandalizes Larry's truck?

6. What is Wallace Stringfellow's response when Silas asks him where he had gotten the zombie mask?

7. In what way is the theme of persecution featured within Larry's experiences in the hospital?

8. In what way does the motif of snakes appear within the novel's climax?

9. How does the theme of honesty arise within Chapters 9 through 12?

10. In what way does the theme of isolation arise within French's interview of Larry in the hospital?

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