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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 long does Adam stay away from Sam when he and Lee return from their weekend trip?
2. Who declines, for health reasons, to witness the death?
3. Who is Mr. Olander?
4. What does Sam accept from the prison chaplain?
5. Who, that Adam knows, is also friends with the Governor?
Short Essay Questions
1. What happens to the prison warden, and how does it affect Sam's execution?
2. Both Lee and Adam have news for each other. What is the news they share with each other?
3. Lee shares childhood memories with Adam. Lee shares the story of her brother, Eddie, and her grandfather, Sam, with Joe and Qunice Lincoln. Who are these people and how do they play such a vivid memory in Lee's past?
4. Where and how does Adam react, or want to react, when he sees Lee?
5. Why does Wyn Lettner come to visit Adam at his office?
6. Who does Adam ask for assistance, and how does this person help Adam?
7. How is Sam's last day a busy one?
8. Who is Carmen and what does she see as she visits Sam for the first time?
9. Who is the other visitor that Sam has at the prison shortly after Adam leaves?
10. Adam meets with Mr. Olander. Who is Mr. Olander, and what is the meeting about?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
At the beginning of 'The Chamber', how and why does Grisham portray Sam as an angry man who does not view minorities as equal citizens?
Essay Topic 2
Sam Cayhall changed from his character at the beginning of the novel to a different character at the end of the novel. How does Grisham show a character transformation of Sam Cayhall from the beginning of the novel to the end? Use specific examples from the story to support your answer.
Essay Topic 3
'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?
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