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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. Who tries to soothe the witnesses after Delacroix’s execution?
(a) The Doctor
(b) Paul
(c) Curtis Anderson
(d) Brutal

2. What time do visitors begin to arrive to witness Delacroix’s execution?
(a) Around 10
(b) Around 11
(c) 10:30
(d) 11:50

3. How many witnesses come to view Delacroix’s execution?
(a) 34
(b) 20
(c) 25
(d) 17

4. How long does Hal Moores believe it will take to get Percy transferred to Briar Ridge?
(a) 1 week
(b) 2 months
(c) A month
(d) 2 weeks

5. How old was Wharton when he started getting into trouble?
(a) 10
(b) 16
(c) 14
(d) 12

Short Answer Questions

1. In Part 5, Chapter 4, what jobs does Paul assign to Percy?

2. How many kids does Dean have?

3. How long does it take Delacroix to die?

4. When did a big black man haul two fellows out of the rubble of a church in Alabama that had been hit by a twister?

5. How many kids does Dean have in high school?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Paul give Wharton R.C. to drink?

2. What do Paul and Coffey do with Mr. Jingles after Percy steps on it?

3. When had Wharton been involved with an underage girl?

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

5. What does Percy say when he discovers that Mr. Jingles is still alive?

6. Where had Paul found Mr. Jingles?

7. What constellation does Coffey see and how does he describe it when he is outside the prison?

8. What does Percy do after John releases what he took from Melinda into Percy?

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

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

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