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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. Near what highway is the second shed that Paul visits when he lives at Georgia Pines?

2. What type of a grip is on Paul’s gun?

3. In Part 4, Chapter 1, what does Paul get from the cooks in the kitchen before he goes outside?

4. Who tries to soothe the witnesses after Delacroix’s execution?

5. In Part 5, Chapter 4, what time does Percy get to work?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did the law do about Wharton when a man said Wharton had bothered his nine-year-old daughter?

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

3. Why does Paul wonder if humans are merely circus mice?

4. In Part 6, Chapter 1, what does Elaine say to Dolan to make him stop bothering Paul?

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

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

7. What happens to Percy after he shoots Wharton?

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

9. 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?

10. Why does Coffey stop and look at the electric chair as they pass on their way to the Moores?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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 3

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?

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