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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. What does Schiller feel he needs to do with Gary in order to make his planned book and film production work?
(a) Sensationalize him
(b) Humanize him
(c) Drag out his execution
(d) Write out the entire story

2. Earl Dorius realizes that as the media is let into the prison, the ____________ of the prison becomes lax.
(a) Peace
(b) Civility
(c) Security
(d) Quiet

3. What is given to Gary every few hours during his final party?
(a) Gifts
(b) Food
(c) Speed
(d) Heroin

4. What is Gary's eventual new execution date, as prescribed by the judge?
(a) January 7
(b) January 31
(c) March 1
(d) January 17

5. The US Supreme Court decided that the press does not have a constitutional right to enter prisons to ____________.
(a) See executions
(b) Interview inmates
(c) Talk to the wardens
(d) See the death row cells

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the nickname Nicole is given by Gary, although it only comes up in their letters?

2. Who does Gary want a phone call from in order to stop his hunger strike?

3. Who is taken in as the agent fro Gary during the setting of the rights to Gary's story?

4. What kind of pills does Nicole find in order to go through with her and Gary's suicide pact?

5. Over what town do Gary's ashes fall, although it is illegal to do so?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who does Boaz think Campbell is when he shows up at his door?

2. Why does the Enquirer hire an expert to analyze the stresses in Gary's voice during the interviews?

3. What does Earl Dorius find out in a phone call the night before Gary's execution?

4. What happens to Nicole after she ingests the very large dose of Seconal?

5. What does Gary do in response to his new execution date of January 17?

6. Why can't Gary eat pizza along with the other friends of his when they visit in the prison?

7. What does Schiller realize when he is already inside the prison's fence?

8. Why does Jeff Newman try to push his way into Nicole's house?

9. What does Gary say when asked if he went into the motel and the service station to kill someone?

10. What evidence is presented in the book which leads the reader to believe Gary was not serious about killing himself?

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