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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 4, Chapter 3, how long is it after Percy stepped on the mouse that Paul and Brutal find him in the storage room?
(a) 45 minutes
(b) 2 hours
(c) An hour
(d) 20 minutes

2. How many people die in the tornado that Paul mentions in Part 4, Chapter 4?
(a) 4
(b) 3
(c) 23
(d) 12

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

4. How old is Klaus Detterick?
(a) 39
(b) 37
(c) 45
(d) 41

5. What did Dean put in Wharton’s drink to make him sleep?
(a) Morphine
(b) Laudanum
(c) Sleeping pills
(d) Diphenhydramine

Short Answer Questions

1. In the beginning of Part 6, Chapter 1, what does Elaine bring Paul to eat?

2. What does Janet give Paul to eat while he tells her the story of the night they took Coffey to the Moores?

3. When did Briar Ridge burn?

4. What song does Mickey the orderly sing in Part 6, Chapter 1?

5. How many kids does Dean have?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where had Paul found Mr. Jingles?

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

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

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

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

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

7. Why does Paul ask his colleagues to come to lunch at his house?

8. 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?

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

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

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