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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. In Chapter 6, how long is the viewing of Bell's body on Thursday?

2. In Chapter 18, what day of the week does Pete say that Joel and Stella can go to see their mother?

3. In Chapter 16 during the first deliberations, how many jurors cannot bring themselves to vote in favor of death for Pete?

4. By Thanksgiving, how many times has the cotton been picked?

5. In Chapter 12, where do Joe, Florry, and Stella spend several days at the end of the chapter?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Nineva resent Liza when she first moved to the Banning home?

2. Where does Joel go while the jury deliberates on his father's fate?

3. How did Pete and Liza meet?

4. Who is Clay Wample and why does he come to Clantonr?

5. In Chapter 12, why are Florry, Stella, and Joel not allowed to see Liza?

6. In Chapter 2, what written instructions does Pete give Nineva to give Florry?

7. How are prisoners executed in Mississippi?

8. Why is Errol McLeish interested in Jackie Bell?

9. In Chapter 6, what would the Japanese do if they found anything from Japan when they searched their prisoners, and why did they act that way?

10. Who start arriving before Pete's execution and why?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Pete is arrested and jailed for the murder. Are his accommodations at the jail like any other prisoner’s? Where is he allowed to speak to his lawyer or family members? Why does Pete receive preferential treatment even after being arrested?

Essay Topic 2

Joel, Stella, and Florry struggle with the aftermath of the murder. How do each of them cope with the murder and the events that follow?

Essay Topic 3

Many prisoners in the Philippines gave up their will to live or committed suicide. Why did Clay and Pete determine to survive? What gave them such a strong will to survive?

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