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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 type of a grip is on Paul’s gun?
(a) Burled walnut
(b) Oak
(c) Bird's Eye Maple
(d) Pine

2. When Wharton reaches out to grab Coffey in Part 5, Chapter 5, who removes his arm from Coffey’s?
(a) Brutal
(b) Harry
(c) Paul
(d) Coffey

3. What does Paul do when Percy starts spouting off after the tape is removed from his mouth.
(a) Slaps his face
(b) Shoves him
(c) Puts the tape back on
(d) Throws water on him

4. In Part 5, Chapter 5, once Percy gives in, how long does it take to get the strait jacket on him?
(a) 30 seconds
(b) 10 seconds
(c) 60 seconds
(d) 20 seconds

5. In Part 4, Chapter 1, how long has Paul been at Georgia Pines?
(a) 2 years
(b) 9 months
(c) 3 years
(d) 6 months

Short Answer Questions

1. What color ribbon is in Elaine’s hair when she confronts Dolan in Part 6, Chapter 1?

2. In Part 5, Chapter 4, what did Wharton have for supper?

3. How long does Hal Moores believe it will take to get Percy transferred to Briar Ridge?

4. How many times does Percy shoot Wharton?

5. How close does Paul think that Coffey got to the Detterick farm?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Paul say happens to elderly folks in Georgia Pines if they don’t fight it?

2. What is Wharton doing when Paul gets back to the block after Delacroix’s execution?

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

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

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

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

7. What was the only possible sighting of Coffey that Paul had been able to find when he wrote letters to friends and relatives further down south?

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

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

10. How involved is Paul in his writing in Part 6, Chapter 1?

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