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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What color is Toot-Toot’s snack wagon?
(a) Red
(b) Black
(c) Blue
(d) Silver

2. How much does Paul think that John Coffey weighs?
(a) 310
(b) 280
(c) 350
(d) 295

3. How many steps do Paul and the others have to go down to carry Bitterbuck’s body to the tunnel?
(a) 15
(b) 11
(c) 12
(d) 10

4. How many children did the Dettericks have?
(a) 3
(b) 2
(c) 4
(d) 5

5. How long does it take Wharton to wake up after Brutus hits him with his baton?
(a) 2 hours
(b) 8 hours
(c) 6 hours
(d) 3 hours

Short Answer Questions

1. How far does Paul travel to talk to Hammersmith?

2. What color shirt does Bitterbuck wear to his execution?

3. What county did John Coffey come from before he came to the penitentiary?

4. How many no-hitters did Percy throw in high school?

5. How many witnesses passed out during Elmer Manfred’s execution in 1930?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Burt Hammersmith compare John Coffey to?

2. How does Percy Wetmore keep his job if he is so incompetent?

3. How is Toot-Toot persuaded to give his cigar box to Delacroix for six cents?

4. Where does Brutal discover that Mr. Jingles was hiding before he first showed up?

5. What types of jokes are made about the electric chair?

6. What does Percy do to Mr. Jingles at the end of Part 3?

7. How is Paul’s urinary infection cured?

8. How is Melinda Moores doing when she is sent home from the hospital?

9. Why didn’t Bowser bark when the Detterick girls were taken?

10. Why is Klaus Detterick considered well-to-do in the 1930s?

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