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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 are things getting outside of Parchman Prison?
2. Who has Adam asked for assistance from as he moves forward with some ideas?
3. What does Sam drink along with his Eskimo pies as his last dinner?
4. After how many days does Garner Goodman call an end to the marker analysis project?
5. Overall, how does Sam appear to Adam?
Short Essay Questions
1. What leads Lee on another alcoholic binge?
2. How does Sam prepare for death after the decision from the hearing?
3. How does Governor McAllister agree to clemency for Sam?
4. Describe Donnie and Sam's last time together.
5. Why does Wyn Lettner come to visit Adam at his office?
6. Explain how law students are helping to execute Adam's plan set up by Garner Goodman.
7. What is happening outside of Parchman Prison as the execution of Sam Cayhall gets closer?
8. 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?
9. Who does Adam ask for assistance, and how does this person help Adam?
10. Where and how does Adam react, or want to react, when he sees Lee?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Adam finds out much about his family from Lee; however, he does not learn all of this information until the age of sixteen. Adam, through Lee, learns how much of a dysfunctional family he belongs to. Dysfunctional families affect each person differently, depending upon how close you are to the dysfunction. How does being a part of a dysfunctional family affect Lee? How does it affect Adam? Give examples from the novel that prove this.
Essay Topic 2
One of the most influential groups of the time was the Ku Klux Klan. Who was a member of this organization? What are the views and beliefs of this organization that are challenged by this novel? What are some ways that this organization demonstrated to the public within the novel? Are these demonstrations good or bad? Why or why not?
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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