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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. Who prevents someone from slugging Percy after Delacroix’s execution?
2. After Paul’s chat with Rob McGee in Part 6, what time does Paul get home?
3. How old was the girl that Wharton was caught with?
4. Who tries to soothe the witnesses after Delacroix’s execution?
5. In Part 4, Chapter 1, how long has Paul been at Georgia Pines?
Short Essay Questions
1. What do Paul and Coffey do with Mr. Jingles after Percy steps on it?
2. What did the law do about Wharton when a man said Wharton had bothered his nine-year-old daughter?
3. What does Melinda Moores look like once Coffey helps her?
4. What does Paul say happens to elderly folks in Georgia Pines if they don’t fight it?
5. Why does Paul wonder if humans are merely circus mice?
6. How does Hal Moores look when he meets Paul and the others at the front door of his home?
7. Why does Coffey want to die?
8. What is Wharton doing when Paul gets back to the block after Delacroix’s execution?
9. Why does Coffey stop and look at the electric chair as they pass on their way to the Moores?
10. How did Paul come to live at Georgia Pines?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
Coffey is executed even though he is innocent. In what way are Paul’s and his co-workers’ hands tied when it comes to getting a stay of execution? Why don’t they even attempt to prove Coffey’s innocence to a higher authority? Do Coffey’s wishes have anything to do with the reasons why he was executed even though he was innocent?
Essay Topic 3
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?
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