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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 book is Percy really reading in Part 5, Chapter 5?

2. Who uses the fire extinguisher to put out the flames at Delacroix’s execution?

3. What does Paul do when Percy starts spouting off after the tape is removed from his mouth.

4. When is Coffey’s date of execution?

5. What type of tape does Paul put over Percy’s mouth?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Percy do after John releases what he took from Melinda into Percy?

2. What does Percy tell Delacroix just before his execution?

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

4. What does Curtis Anderson say to Percy after Delacroix’s botched execution?

5. When Paul oversleeps in Part 5, Chapter 1, how does Elaine help him get past Dolan?

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

7. What does Paul say happens to elderly folks in Georgia Pines if they don’t fight it?

8. Where does Paul imagine that Bruce Dolan lives?

9. Why does Coffey want to die?

10. Where had Paul found Mr. Jingles?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Paul is writing the story of The Green Mile in his old age from a nursing home. How does that affect the storyline? Does Paul show or tell his story? How does it affect the story knowing that the events that are told happened a long time ago? Does knowing that the story happened in the past make the story more or less suspenseful? In the scenes from the nursing home, does Paul relate events before or after he has shared them with readers? How does this affect the story? In what way does the change of setting to the nursing home help set the stage for the story?

Essay Topic 2

Paul thinks that Coffey’s powers come from God, and Delacroix believes that his actions are due to hoodoo. How was Paul raised? What part did religion play in his upbringing? What is known about Delacroix’s upbringing? How might that have affected how he reacted to miraculous events? How do the two men’s views of life determine what motives they see behind Coffey’s healings?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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