7.(a)What+is+the+significance+of+Shiftlet's+name?(b)What+is+the+significance+of+the+narrator's+observation+that+Shiftlet's+figure+formed+a+crooked+cross?

7.(a)His name indicates that he is a very shady character and probably doesn't stay in one place for too long. (b)The narrator's comment that Shiftlet's body "formed a crooked cross," indicates to us that is isn't a morale character.