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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 the name of the sheriff who is in charge of the county where the Dettericks live?

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

3. How many hours does Paul tell John Coffey that he will have in the yard on weekdays?

4. How long did it take the jury to find John Coffey guilty?

5. Where did the Chief and his first wife build a lodge?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Bitterbuck tell Paul about his life?

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

4. What does Paul say to Bitterbuck when he starts to get nervous on the way to the electric chair?

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

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 promise does Warden Moores make to Percy regarding Delacroix?

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

9. What did Wharton do at the beginning of Part 3, Chapter 5 that got him sent to the restraint room?

10. Why was John Coffey arrested for murder?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

From the beginning, Mr. Jingles seems to be more than just a mouse. Once Percy seems to be an enemy, when does the mouse only come around? What does Paul think when the mouse only comes around when Percy isn’t on the block? What actions get Paul and the others thinking the mouse is looking for someone? When does the mouse seem to quit looking for someone? What does Delacroix claim that the mouse whispers to him? What happens to the mouse immediately after Delacroix’s execution? What about that seems to confirm the fact that the mouse isn’t simply an ordinary mouse?

Essay Topic 2

There are many conflicts in the novel. Name some of the conflicts that occur in The Green Mile. What types of conflicts are these (Man vs. Man, Man vs. Nature, Man vs. Self)? Are there more external or internal conflicts in the novel?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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