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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 color shirt does Bitterbuck wear to his execution?

2. What county did John Coffey come from before he came to the penitentiary?

3. In Part 3, Chapter 1, in what movie does Paul think he sees Wharton?

4. What has someone labeled the switch that turns on the electric chair?

5. What color is the carpet in Paul’s office?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Toot-Toot persuaded to give his cigar box to Delacroix for six cents?

2. Who is the new prisoner who is coming to E Block?

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

4. Why is Delacroix sent out to give a performance with his mouse at the beginning of Part 3, Chapter 7?

5. How is Paul’s urinary infection cured?

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

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

8. How is Melinda Moores doing when she is sent home from the hospital?

9. How does Percy Wetmore keep his job if he is so incompetent?

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

There are two antagonists in the novel. Who are the two antagonists? In what ways are these men alike? What conflicts do they cause Paul? Which one does Paul have more power over? Does he vanquish one of these men? Why doesn’t Paul have much control over Dolan? Is Paul ever able to exert any control over Dolan?

Essay Topic 2

When someone first comes to live at Georgia Pines, it seems as safe as a nursery school. How do people change after coming to Georgia Pines? Why does Paul believe the place is dangerous? How does he try to avoid the danger?

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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