Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter Quiz

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Questions 1-5 of 25:

1.

Which character gives coats to Alice and Silas? (from Chapters 3 - 4)

Ina.

Cindy.

Larry.

Carl.

2.

What ruse or deception does Wallace Stringfellow use to gain access to Larry and his home? (from Chapter 9)

Stringfellow pretends to be a cable TV salesman.

Stringfellow offers to feed Larry's chickens.

Stringfellow offers to cut Larry's lawn.

Stringfellow pretends to be a bible salesman.

3.

What is metaphorically significant about the way Larry watches television? (from Chapters 12 - 13)

He flips through channels the way he has been flipping through memories.

His inability to settle down to watch anything is similar to his inability to be responsible in any way.

He flips through channels the way he has always flipped through girlfriends.

His inability to find anything to watch is similar to the way he has always been unable to find anything to read.

4.

What are the benefits that Larry likely sees to following through with Cindy's plan? (from Chapter 7)

He thinks that she'll like him, and that his mother will stop praying for him to find a friend.

He thinks that his father will finally be proud of him, and that Cecil will stop picking on him.

He thinks that he and Silas will be friends again, and that his father will finally be proud of him.

He thinks that she'll like him, and that the guys at school will still think he dated her.

5.

What is the most likely reason that Silas asked to be put in the same room as Larry? (from Chapters 14 - 16)

Silas knows the hospital is over-crowded, and volunteered to be with Larry rather than putting a stranger in with him.

Silas wants to try to rebuild their friendship.

Silas still suspects Larry of being a killer, and wants to keep an eye on him.

Silas suspects that people won't believe that Larry is innocent, and will try to hurt him.

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