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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. In Part 4, Chapter 3, what do Brutal and Paul tell Percy he has to do after Delacroix’s execution?
2. How many witnesses come to view Delacroix’s execution?
3. Who threatens to turn Percy over to Wharton if Percy doesn’t transfer to Briar Ridge?
4. How close does Paul think that Coffey got to the Detterick farm?
5. What color dress is Elaine wearing when she offers to set off the fire alarm?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Melinda Moores look like once Coffey helps her?
2. What was the only possible sighting of Coffey that Paul had been able to find when he wrote letters to friends and relatives further down south?
3. What does Curtis Anderson say to Percy after Delacroix’s botched execution?
4. When had Wharton been involved with an underage girl?
5. How did Paul come to live at Georgia Pines?
6. Why does Paul wonder if humans are merely circus mice?
7. Why does Paul ask his colleagues to come to lunch at his house?
8. How does Hal Moores look when he meets Paul and the others at the front door of his home?
9. Where had Paul found Mr. Jingles?
10. After Percy is released from the straitjacket, what happens?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
In the novel, Percy is a very unsympathetic character. How did Percy get his job at the penitentiary? Why does that make other characters dislike him? Do characters dislike Percy strictly because of how he got his job or are there other reasons?
Essay Topic 2
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 3
Paul and Elaine are good friends. In what ways are Paul and Elaine friends? Does one of them take a primary role in caring for the other? Are they more than friends? Why or why not? How does their relationship affect their lives at Georgia Pines?
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