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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 old was Wharton when he was caught with a young girl?
2. In Part 4, Chapter 3, what do Brutal and Paul tell Percy he has to do after Delacroix’s execution?
3. What color ribbon is in Elaine’s hair when she confronts Dolan in Part 6, Chapter 1?
4. How many women come to see Delacroix executed?
5. In Part 4, Chapter 4, where is there a tornado?
Short Essay Questions
1. How involved is Paul in his writing in Part 6, Chapter 1?
2. Why does Paul give Wharton R.C. to drink?
3. In Part 6, Chapter 1, what does Elaine say to Dolan to make him stop bothering Paul?
4. What does Paul say happens to elderly folks in Georgia Pines if they don’t fight it?
5. Why does Coffey want to die?
6. Where does Paul imagine that Bruce Dolan lives?
7. What does Melinda Moores look like once Coffey helps her?
8. Where had Paul found Mr. Jingles?
9. When had Wharton been involved with an underage girl?
10. What does Paul’s shoe have to do with the belief he has that Coffey is innocent?
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 believes that Coffey did not kill the young girls. Why does Paul connect not being able to tie a shoe to Coffey’s innocence? What other things about Coffey make Paul believe he is innocent? Is Paul’s theory every corroborated?
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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