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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 many no-hitters did Percy throw in high school?

2. When Paul was six or so, how close did he live to the Delfines family?

3. At the Moores’ house, what color is the hearthrug?

4. How old is Elaine Connelly?

5. How many years of her life did Beverly McCall spend as a free woman?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is wrong with Warden Moores’ wife?

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

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

5. Why was John Coffey arrested for murder?

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

7. What does Bitterbuck tell Paul about his life?

8. Where does Brutal discover that Mr. Jingles was hiding before he first showed up?

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

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

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

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?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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