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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. Where did Paul’s wife, Jan, die?
2. How many years before John Coffey arrived at the penitentiary were there riots at the prison?
3. When Paul was six or so, how close did he live to the Delfines family?
4. What is the name of the sheriff who is in charge of the county where the Dettericks live?
5. What type of robe does Elaine Connelly wear?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why doesn’t Paul go to the TV room much in the day?
2. What does Percy do to Mr. Jingles at the end of Part 3?
3. Why doesn’t Paul Edgecombe go to the doctor for his urinary infection?
4. How is Paul’s urinary infection cured?
5. What was Bitterbuck’s crime?
6. What types of jokes are made about the electric chair?
7. Where does Brutal discover that Mr. Jingles was hiding before he first showed up?
8. How did William Wharton get the opportunity to try to strangle Dean Stanton?
9. What does John Coffey look like?
10. What does Bitterbuck tell Paul about his life?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
The mood of The Green Mile is very dark and a bit depressing. What does the story line have to do with the mood of the novel? Why isn’t this a light-hearted novel? How does the setting contribute to the mood? Does the mood change when the setting shifts to Georgia Pines? Why or why not? What is the overall mood of the novel?
Essay Topic 2
In the novel, Percy is a very unsympathetic character. How did Percy get his job at the penitentiary? Why does that make other characters dislike him? Do characters dislike Percy strictly because of how he got his job or are there other reasons?
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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