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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Bitterbuck’s first name?

2. How far does Paul travel to talk to Hammersmith?

3. In Part 2, Chapter 3, what does Toot-Toot throw the mouse to eat?

4. In Part 3, Chapter 1, what channel is AMC on?

5. How many steps do Paul and the others have to go down to carry Bitterbuck’s body to the tunnel?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why didn’t Bowser bark when the Detterick girls were taken?

2. What is wrong with Warden Moores’ wife?

3. What does Percy do to Mr. Jingles at the end of Part 3?

4. Why doesn’t Paul Edgecombe go to the doctor for his urinary infection?

5. What promise does Warden Moores make to Percy regarding Delacroix?

6. How did Mr. Jingles eat a portion of a sandwich that Brutal gave him the first night that the mouse showed up?

7. What is the weather like the evening before Delacroix’s execution?

8. What types of jokes are made about the electric chair?

9. Why doesn’t Paul go to the TV room much in the day?

10. Who gets Wharton under control when he is choking Dean?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Except for Percy, Paul and the other guards on the Mile seem to treat the prisoners with compassion. In what ways do Paul and the others make the prisoners comfortable? Do they merely make them comfortable physically or in other ways? What is the motive behind the way that Paul and the other treat the prisoners? Is it compassion or a desire to make their jobs easier? Why?

Essay Topic 2

Paul believes that Coffey did not kill the young girls. Why does Paul connect not being able to tie a shoe to Coffey’s innocence? What other things about Coffey make Paul believe he is innocent? Is Paul’s theory every corroborated?

Essay Topic 3

Paul asks his co-workers to help him get Coffey to heal Melinda Moores. Does Paul have a personal relationship with the Moores? How does that relationship figure into Paul’s desire to help? How is Paul feeling about Delacroix’s execution? How do those feelings affect Paul’s desire to help Melinda Moores?

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