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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. When Paul goes to release Percy from the restraint room, how long does Paul think it would have taken Percy to remove the tape from his mouth?
(a) About 2 hours
(b) Another hour
(c) 30 minutes
(d) 15 minutes

2. How long after Paul left Cold Mountain did Toot-Toot continue selling his snacks?
(a) 10 years
(b) 8 years
(c) 5 years
(d) 7 years

3. What does Janet give Paul to eat while he tells her the story of the night they took Coffey to the Moores?
(a) Bacon and eggs
(b) Soup
(c) Bread and jam
(d) Eggs and toast

4. How many days did Wharton spend working on the Detterick farm?
(a) 2
(b) 3
(c) 4
(d) 5

5. How much does Delacroix think kids will pay to see Mr. Jingles at Mouseville?
(a) Four cents
(b) Penny
(c) Nickel
(d) Two cents

Short Answer Questions

1. How many inmates were killed in the Briar Ridge fire?

2. Approximately how much do the keys weigh that Paul carries at the prison?

3. How old was Wharton when he started getting into trouble?

4. What time does Paul get home to tell Janet about Percy shooting Wharton and the other events that evening?

5. In Part 4, Chapter 3, how long is it after Percy stepped on the mouse that Paul and Brutal find him in the storage room?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did the law do about Wharton when a man said Wharton had bothered his nine-year-old daughter?

2. What does Paul’s shoe have to do with the belief he has that Coffey is innocent?

3. What do Paul and the others do with Percy when they take Coffey to the Moores?

4. In Part 6, Chapter 1, what does Elaine say to Dolan to make him stop bothering Paul?

5. What does Percy tell Delacroix just before his execution?

6. Where does Paul imagine that Bruce Dolan lives?

7. Why does Hal Moores call Paul the morning after Delacroix’s execution?

8. Why does Coffey stop and look at the electric chair as they pass on their way to the Moores?

9. How did Paul come to live at Georgia Pines?

10. In Part 5, Chapter 9, why doesn’t Brutal think that Coffey will ever sit in the electric chair?

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