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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 does Prejean say Pat's return letter brims with?

2. Where is Eddie not allowed to go to on the day of Patrick's funeral?

3. What is the name of Patrick's daughter?

4. What is the title of Albert Camus' essay on capital punishment?

5. What has to happen for death by electric chair to be immediate?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Helen refuse Colon's offer to write to another prisoner?

2. Why does Helen think Patrick heeds her word and not leaving life with hatred in his heart?

3. Why does meeting Patrick make Helen realize how lucky she has been?

4. Why does Millard think there are seldom rich people on Death Row?

5. How does Lloyd LeBlanc make Helen question herself?

6. How does Helen say her views on Patrick's execution have changed since ten years ago?

7. What does Helen say she thinks about the pardon board in this section?

8. What does Helen point out about executions in America?

9. What memories does Patrick have of his father?

10. What is Patrick angry about in this section?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Identify the main themes of the story. In what way are these themes relevant to the period? How does the author use character and setting to express these themes?

Essay Topic 2

How does not forgiving Robert for the death of his daughter affect Vernon's life? What do you think will happen to Vernon if he doesn't learn to forgive Robert?

Essay Topic 3

How do people on Death Row live? Why does Helen claim the worse thing about Death Row is the waiting? How do people in general cope with Death Row?

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