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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. To whom does Gary offer $5000 for a change of clothes so he can escape?

2. What does Gary call those on the Parole Board who do not seek to fulfill the sentence they gave him?

3. Who finds the business of selling Gary's letters ghoulish and distasteful?

4. Jeff Newman, the man who shows up at Nicole's house the day her body is discovered after her pill overdose, is from what publication?

5. What time was Gary supposed to have taken the pills he and Nicole promised to take in order to commit suicide?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does the Warden allow Boaz to interview Gary?

3. What gives Schiller a leg up in the competition to get the rights to Gary's story?

4. Why is Schiller in Hawaii as Gary continues to be interviewed by the media?

5. Why have Warden Sam Smith and others at the prison been keeping the reporters away from Gary?

6. What are the refreshments provided to Gary on his last night before the execution?

7. Why are Sam Smith, the Warden, and other officials looking over the laws?

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

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

10. What do the media do since no one has any access to Gary and to his story?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The idea of the death penalty is an obvious point of discussion in this story and continues to be a point of discussion in society as a whole.

Part 1: What are the reasons that Gary's actions deserve the death penalty?

Part 2: What are the reasons against Gary deserving the death penalty

Part 3: Do you think Gary deserves to die? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

The presence of sex in this story seems to be truly 'sex' rather than the idea of making love.

Part 1: Why does Nicole use sex during this story? What does it seem to provide for her?

Part 2: How does Gary use sex in this story? What does he seem to get in return?

Part 3: What does the author seem to be saying about sex and its relationship to violence?

Essay Topic 3

The suicide theme is one that recurs during the story, with various players attempting to take their own life.

Part 1: When Nicole and Gary make a suicide pact, do you think Gary meant to go through with it? Why or why not?

Part 2: What do you think the goal of Nicole and Gary's suicide pact was? Why?

Part 3: Why does Gary turn to suicide after hearing his execution date has been changed?

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