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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 much does Delacroix think kids will pay to see Mr. Jingles at Mouseville?

2. How many people die in the tornado that Paul mentions in Part 4, Chapter 4?

3. How long does Hal Moores believe it will take to get Percy transferred to Briar Ridge?

4. How much time does Coffey spend each day trudging around the exercise yard?

5. What type of car does Dolan drive?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Melinda Moores look like once Coffey helps her?

2. Where does Paul imagine that Bruce Dolan lives?

3. 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?

4. What do Paul and Coffey do with Mr. Jingles after Percy steps on it?

5. How involved is Paul in his writing in Part 6, Chapter 1?

6. How does Hal Moores look when he meets Paul and the others at the front door of his home?

7. What does Paul’s shoe have to do with the belief he has that Coffey is innocent?

8. What do Paul and the others do with Percy when they take Coffey to the Moores?

9. Why does Paul ask his colleagues to come to lunch at his house?

10. What does Percy say when he discovers that Mr. Jingles is still alive?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Paul believes that talking is his and his staff’s most important job. What purpose does talking with the prisoners serve? Why does Paul prefer talking to discipline or punishment? What are the benefits of talk for the prisoners? For the guards?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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