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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 is the name of the motel the crowd gathers outside?

2. What does Palmyra ask Vernon?

3. What program does Vernon hang up on his mother to watch?

4. In which of the following Texan cities is the novel set?

5. What kind of people does the narrator say the town is full of?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Vernon hang up on his Mom when he talks to her from prison?

2. Why does the Judge release Vernon?

3. Why does Vernon not want to invite Vaine into his home?

4. Describe Ella.

5. What reason does Vaine give for Vernon's arrest?

6. What does Lally's show state about Vernon's life?

7. What lesson does Vernon say he has learned?

8. How does Vernon get $160 off Deutschman?

9. Why does Vernon think he is doomed in Act 1, Chapter 6?

10. What does Vernon think about Jesus?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What are the arguments for and against the death penalty? What are Pierre's opinions on the death penalty and how does he express them? Do you agree or disagree with Pierre?

Essay Topic 2

How does Pierre represent the media? How accurate is Pierre's representation of the media?

Essay Topic 3

How does Vernon's mother cope with being a single parent? How has Vernon's upbringing affected him?

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