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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. What does Lee do for a living?

2. What is the day and date that the bomb detonates?

3. In their meeting, what does Sam make clear to Adam?

4. How many different identities does Rollie Wedge have?

5. What is the Auburn House?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Adam's Aunt Lee's marriage.

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

3. Where does the next meeting between Adam and Sam occur? What is the focus of the meeting?

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

5. Detail the history of Sam Cayhall and the law firm of Kravitz and Bane.

6. When the bomb detonates, what happens to Sam?

7. How does Adam handle the press?

8. Describe Marvin Kramer's life after the bomb blast.

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

10. What type of home life did Adam have?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

One of Adam's personality characteristics is his vulnerability. Where do we see this personality trait of Adam's throughout the novel, and how do we start to see this vulnerability more towards the end of the novel? When do we see this vulnerability, and who witnesses this vulnerability? What contributes to this vulnerability? Is this hereditary? Give examples from the story to justify your answers.

Essay Topic 2

As part of the execution procedure, Sam, the death row inmate, has to have many things happen on the day prior to his execution. What are the things, according to the procedures, that Sam must have happen and what are the choices that Sam receives within the day? What will Sam choose to make his last day his?

Essay Topic 3

Philip Naifeh and George Nugent are the superintendent and assistant superintendent, respectfully, of Parchman Prison. Each of these men holds a different stance toward running the prison and the execution process of death row inmates. What are the similarities and differences between these two individuals regarding how they run the prison, their organizational skills, the way they run the execution process, and the way they feel toward the execution process? Do inmates feel the same way toward these individuals? How can you tell? Give examples from the novel to support your answers.

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