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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What substance is Wallace Stringfellow ingesting when Silas arrives at his house for the first time?

3. Larry recalls that after the disappearance of Tina Rutherford, who had visited him to say that he had "done something" (234)?

4. According to Wallace Stringfellow, what drug causes him to be more truthful than he would otherwise be?

5. What type of creature is featured on the show Larry watches from his hospital room?

Short Essay Questions

1. In what ways does Wallace Stringfellow vandalize Larry's truck?

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

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

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

5. What is the ultimate fate of Wallace Stringfellow, the murderer of Tina Rutherford and M and M, among others?

6. Under what pretense does Silas gain access beyond the entryway of Wallace Stringfellow's house when he comes to question him?

7. Describe an example of Franklin's use of allusion within Chapter 14.

8. In what way does Franklin suggest that Larry may have given up hope of being exonerated?

9. What is the outcome of Wallace Stringfellow's decision to release his dog upon Silas?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

William Faulkner once famously claimed that the most important literature deals with the subject of the human heart in conflict with itself. Explain how the theme of Human versus Self is demonstrated within the novel Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter. Create a decisive, arguable claim and prove it with quotes from the novel.

Essay Topic 2

Determine Franklin's message regarding the idea that the setting in which a person grows up has a direct influence on one’s identity.

Essay Topic 3

Trace the characterization arc of Silas’s character throughout the novel. Discuss whether Silas is a round or flat character and whether he is a static or dynamic character.

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