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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. How old is Jesse when he dies?

2. In the 90 days before Jessee's murder, how many phone calls did Henry Taylor make or receive?

3. How old is Hugh when he is executed?

4. In Chapter 27, how many waitresses does Burch call to the stand?

5. When does the Mississippi Supreme Court uphold the capital murder conviction of Hugh Malco?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Keith work situation as district attorney in Chapter 44?

2. What does Jesse find on his windshield during Ginger's trial?

3. How is Hugh arrested?

4. How is Lance doing in prison in 1976?

5. Why does Lance take a plea deal?

6. Who is Bayard Wolf, and to what crimes does he confess?

7. How is Jesse killed?

8. How does Keith get information about Fats being involved in drug smuggling?

9. Why is Hugh convicted for the murder of Jesse and what is his sentence?

10. How does Henry Taylor die, and how is his body disposed of?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Henry Taylor thinks the local police are incompetent because they do not catch him. How does Grisham use dramatic irony when Taylor thinks to himself that the local police are incompetent?

Essay Topic 2

What a reader knows about events and characters is determined by the point of view in a book. What is the point of view in the book? How does the point of view influence what readers know about events and characters? How does it help readers connect with and understand characters?

Essay Topic 3

Setting is the place where a story happens. Where does The Boys from Biloxi take place? How do characters feel about the place and why?

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