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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. After Percy kills Wharton, how long does the uproar last?

3. How much time did Wharton spend in reform school when he was 15?

4. Who does Paul say forced him to live at Georgia Pines?

5. What constellation does Coffey notice on the way to the Moores?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. In Part 5, Chapter 9, why doesn’t Brutal think that Coffey will ever sit in the electric chair?

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

6. After Percy is released from the straitjacket, what happens?

7. 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?

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

9. What happens to Percy after he shoots Wharton?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

There are two antagonists in the novel. Who are the two antagonists? In what ways are these men alike? What conflicts do they cause Paul? Which one does Paul have more power over? Does he vanquish one of these men? Why doesn’t Paul have much control over Dolan? Is Paul ever able to exert any control over Dolan?

Essay Topic 2

Paul considers his writing to be a time machine. In what ways does Paul’s writing take him back in time? Is he transported back physical, emotionally, or both? What is different about the way that Paul’s writing takes him back in time compared to how Wells’ time machine took someone back in time?

Essay Topic 3

Burt Hammersmith believes that Coffey is dangerous and committed the murders of the little girls. What made Hammersmith come to that conclusion? What analogy does Hammersmith use to indicate why he believes Coffey is dangerous? Why does he believe Paul should never turn his back on Coffey?

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