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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 Circuit Court of Appeals does Adam hear word from?

2. Prior to his execution, why is Sam monitored for 24 hours a day?

3. Who is Mr. Olander?

4. Who does Sam think came to visit him shortly after Adam left Sam?

5. What does Sam drink along with his Eskimo pies as his last dinner?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain the preparations for Sam for the last two days prior to his execution.

2. How does Governor McAllister agree to clemency for Sam?

3. What happens to the prison warden, and how does it affect Sam's execution?

4. Why does Wyn Lettner come to visit Adam at his office?

5. Explain Sam and his relationships with family members as his execution draws closer.

6. What was the purpose of Adam's trip to New Orleans?

7. Who is the other visitor that Sam has at the prison shortly after Adam leaves?

8. Explain how law students are helping to execute Adam's plan set up by Garner Goodman.

9. Where and how does Adam react, or want to react, when he sees Lee?

10. What is happening outside of Parchman Prison as the execution of Sam Cayhall gets closer?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

'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 3

On death row, Sam has a sort of make-shift camaraderie with the other death row inmates. Explain the camaraderie between Sam and the other death row inmates. How did Sam come to be revered by them?

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