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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. How much time did Wharton spend in reform school when he was 15?
(a) 4 months
(b) 8 months
(c) 10 months
(d) A year

2. What time does Paul get home to tell Janet about Percy shooting Wharton and the other events that evening?
(a) 10 am
(b) 11 am
(c) Dawn
(d) Noon

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

4. Near what highway is the second shed that Paul visits when he lives at Georgia Pines?
(a) 52
(b) 39
(c) 47
(d) 66

5. In Part 6, Chapter 1, how long does Paul think he slept in the sunroom?
(a) 5 hours
(b) 10 minutes
(c) 7 hours
(d) 6 hours

Short Answer Questions

1. How much time does Coffey spend each day trudging around the exercise yard?

2. When does Paul receive the date of execution for Coffey?

3. How many days did Wharton spend working on the Detterick farm?

4. What time do Paul, Brutal, and Dean go to get Delacroix for the execution?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Melinda Moores look like once Coffey helps her?

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

4. When Paul oversleeps in Part 5, Chapter 1, how does Elaine help him get past Dolan?

5. After Percy is released from the straitjacket, what happens?

6. What does Curtis Anderson say to Percy after Delacroix’s botched execution?

7. Why does Paul wonder if humans are merely circus mice?

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

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

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

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