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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 tribe does Bitterbuck come from?

2. When does Paul say is the optimum time to talk to prisoners?

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

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

5. Where did Paul’s wife, Jan, die?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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 promise does Warden Moores make to Percy regarding Delacroix?

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

6. What is wrong with Warden Moores’ wife?

7. In Part 2, Chapter 2, what happens when Percy throws his baton at the mouse?

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

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

10. What does John Coffey look like?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Percy hates Delacroix. Did Percy have positive or negative feelings for Delacroix when Delacroix first came on the block? What happened that made Percy hate Delacroix? How does Percy make life miserable for Delacroix? What makes Percy hate Delacroix even more? How does Percy seek revenge?

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

Those imprisoned on the mile are not the only prisoners in The Green Mile. Who else could be considered prisoners in the novel? What imprisons these characters? Are any of the characters able to break free from their physical or mental prisons?

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