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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. What color dress is Elaine wearing when she offers to set off the fire alarm?

2. In Part 4, Chapter 4, where is there a tornado?

3. Who does Paul say forced him to live at Georgia Pines?

4. Who will stay on the block while the rest of the crew gets Coffey to the Moores?

5. In Part 5, Chapter 5, once Percy gives in, how long does it take to get the strait jacket on him?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was the only possible sighting of Coffey that Paul had been able to find when he wrote letters to friends and relatives further down south?

2. What does Percy tell Delacroix just before his execution?

3. Where had Paul found Mr. Jingles?

4. What does Melinda Moores look like once Coffey helps her?

5. How does Hal Moores look when he meets Paul and the others at the front door of his home?

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

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

8. What does Curtis Anderson say to Percy after Delacroix’s botched execution?

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

10. Where does Paul imagine that Bruce Dolan lives?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The mood of The Green Mile is very dark and a bit depressing. What does the story line have to do with the mood of the novel? Why isn’t this a light-hearted novel? How does the setting contribute to the mood? Does the mood change when the setting shifts to Georgia Pines? Why or why not? What is the overall mood of the novel?

Essay Topic 2

Paul and Elaine are good friends. In what ways are Paul and Elaine friends? Does one of them take a primary role in caring for the other? Are they more than friends? Why or why not? How does their relationship affect their lives at Georgia Pines?

Essay Topic 3

Those imprisoned on the mile are not the only prisoners in The Green Mile. Who else could be considered prisoners in the novel? What imprisons these characters? Are any of the characters able to break free from their physical or mental prisons?

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