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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. How long does it take Wharton to wake up after Brutus hits him with his baton?

2. What color are Wharton’s eyes?

3. How did Beverly McCall kill her husband?

4. How many cells are there for condemned prisoners?

5. What does Brutal call the mouse that visits E Block?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What was Bitterbuck’s crime?

3. How does Paul think that Percy learns to stay in the middle of the corridor on the mile?

4. What does Burt Hammersmith compare John Coffey to?

5. How did William Wharton get the opportunity to try to strangle Dean Stanton?

6. Why is Klaus Detterick considered well-to-do in the 1930s?

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

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

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

10. How did the President’s life turn out after he was released from E Block?

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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