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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. In Part 3, Chapter 5, what does Wharton hit Brutal with after his session in the restraint room?
(a) Bed post
(b) Moon Pie
(c) Urine
(d) Baton

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

3. What is Bitterbuck’s first name?
(a) David
(b) Martin
(c) Arlen
(d) Peter

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

5. How many executions does Paul Edgecombe preside over?
(a) 49
(b) 66
(c) 54
(d) 78

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the one who will come and help Bitterbuck pray before his execution?

2. What do Paul and Hal Moores drink during Paul’s visit in Part 3, Chapter 6?

3. What type of wood is the electric chair made from?

4. How tall is John Coffey?

5. How did Beverly McCall kill her husband?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is wrong with Warden Moores’ wife?

2. Why doesn’t Paul Edgecombe go to the doctor for his urinary infection?

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

4. What does Burt Hammersmith compare John Coffey to?

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

6. Why was John Coffey arrested for murder?

7. What does Paul say to Bitterbuck when he starts to get nervous on the way to the electric chair?

8. Who at Georgia Pines reminds Paul of Percy Wetmore?

9. What does Bitterbuck tell Paul about his life?

10. How is Paul’s urinary infection cured?

(see the answer keys)

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