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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. At the beginning of 'The Chamber', how old is Adam Hall?

2. After negotiations, Sam and Adam reach a legal agreement of what?

3. What has been created in the place of Marvin Kramer's office?

4. What does Lee do for a living?

5. One of the stipulations put in the contract by Sam is that Adam cannot talk to whom?

Short Essay Questions

1. Adam wants to represent Sam at Kravitz and Bane in the pro bono department. How is this taken at Kravitz and Bane?

2. Garner Goodman meets Adam when he returns to his office. What do they meet about?

3. How does Adam feel about his first visit with his grandfather?

4. Sam takes a direction of searching the prison law library for relevant cases. What direction does Adam take?

5. Where does Lee work? What work does she do there? Does she enjoy it? How can you tell?

6. Who is the child of Lee and Phelps Booth? Describe his childhood.

7. Describe Adam's first viewing of the prison where his grandfather is.

8. How is Sam 'seen' on death row by the other inmates?

9. Describe the relationship between Adam and his Aunt Lee.

10. Where does Adam go when he leaves the prison?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

'The Chamber' conveys many forms of foreshadowing. Pick one foreshadowing event, explain it in detail, and explain how it fits into the entire novel. What would happen if the foreshadowing event did not come to reality? How would that change your particular event within the story?

Essay Topic 2

One of the themes of this novel is courage. Pick one character and write about how this character shows courage in the novel. Give three examples from the novel that demonstrate this courage.

Essay Topic 3

Rollie Wedge, one of the Ku Klux Klan members associated with Sam and the Kramer office bombing, goes into hiding after the bombing and reemerges twice during the novel. Explain the two reappearances of Rollie Wedge in the novel. In your answer, be sure to include information such as where, when, to who, how, and why.

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