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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 Keith when he becomes the attorney general of Mississippi?

2. What does Jesse offer a stripper with the stage name of Blaze if she testifies against Lance and his managers?

3. When is Hugh's execution set in 1986?

4. How many murders does Bayard Wolf reveal when he confesses the details of contract killings he arranged?

5. How many patrons were involved a honky-tonk fistfight Calvin Ball was involved in?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How is Henry Taylor caught?

3. How is Jesse killed?

4. Why is there a mistrial for GInger's trial?

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

6. How is Lance doing in prison in 1976?

7. Who is appointed as special prosecutor for Jesse's murder trial and why?

8. How is Hugh arrested?

9. Why does Lance take a plea deal?

10. What news does Keith present at a news conference in Chapter 47?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Idioms are words that have a figurative, rather than a literal meaning. How does Grisham use idioms in the book? Why are the idioms sometimes difficult to understand? Why do idioms often require research to understand their meaning? What purpose do idioms serve in The Boys in Biloxi?

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

The climax in a novel is the highest point of tension and a turning point. What is the climax of The Boys from Biloxi and why is that incident the climax?

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