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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What type of wood is the electric chair made from?
(a) Walnut
(b) Cherry
(c) Oak
(d) Maple

2. What county did John Coffey come from before he came to the penitentiary?
(a) Bulloch
(b) Trapingus
(c) Atkinson
(d) Muscogee

3. On what block are condemned prisoners housed?
(a) E
(b) C
(c) F
(d) A

4. What size bulbs burn in the corridor of E Block?
(a) 400 watt
(b) 150 watt
(c) 200 watt
(d) 60 watt

5. How many witnesses passed out during Elmer Manfred’s execution in 1930?
(a) 6
(b) 9
(c) 8
(d) 7

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of sandwiches did Coffey have when he was caught?

2. Why is John Coffey sentenced to death?

3. How many executions does Paul Edgecombe preside over?

4. In Part 1, when does the story take place?

5. What time of year is it when John Coffey comes to E Block?

(see the answer key)

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