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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. When does Paul receive the date of execution for Coffey?
(a) November 30
(b) December 5
(c) November 12
(d) December 1

2. What color ribbon is in Elaine’s hair when she confronts Dolan in Part 6, Chapter 1?
(a) Red
(b) Blue
(c) Yellow
(d) Black

3. What author does Paul mention at the beginning of Part 5, Chapter 1?
(a) Isaac Asimov
(b) H. G. Wells
(c) Jules Verne
(d) Robert Heinlein

4. How many people die in the tornado that Paul mentions in Part 4, Chapter 4?
(a) 23
(b) 4
(c) 12
(d) 3

5. How far do prisoners step up from the floor to the electric chair?
(a) 8 inches
(b) 4 inches
(c) 6 inches
(d) 10 inches

Short Answer Questions

1. What time does Paul get home to tell Janet about Percy shooting Wharton and the other events that evening?

2. When did Briar Ridge burn?

3. What time do visitors begin to arrive to witness Delacroix’s execution?

4. In Part 4, Chapter 3, how long is it after Percy stepped on the mouse that Paul and Brutal find him in the storage room?

5. When did Percy die?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Paul’s shoe have to do with the belief he has that Coffey is innocent?

2. How involved is Paul in his writing in Part 6, Chapter 1?

3. What do Paul and Coffey do with Mr. Jingles after Percy steps on it?

4. When had Wharton been involved with an underage girl?

5. What does Percy do after John releases what he took from Melinda into Percy?

6. Why does Paul ask his colleagues to come to lunch at his house?

7. Why does Paul wonder if humans are merely circus mice?

8. Why does Paul give Wharton R.C. to drink?

9. What is Wharton doing when Paul gets back to the block after Delacroix’s execution?

10. In Part 6, Chapter 1, what does Elaine say to Dolan to make him stop bothering Paul?

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