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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 Jackie Bell receive in life insurance from her husband's death?

2. When was the house built that Pete and Florry knew as children?

3. When does Judge Oswalt sign the second death warrant?

4. How long has Pete's land belonged to the Banning family?

5. In Chapter 2, how long has it been since there was a murder in Ford County?

Short Essay Questions

1. When did MacArthur flee Corregidor, and where did he go?

2. Who is in the church when Pete kills Reverend Bell, and what does Pete do when he sees him?

3. 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?

4. How might snow affect the trial in Chapter 16?

5. How is the burying of Bell handled?

6. What is the jail area like where Pete is incarcerated?

7. How are prisoners executed in Mississippi?

8. What does Jackie remember about her husband in Chapter 11?

9. Why is Errol McLeish interested in Jackie Bell?

10. At the beginning of Chapter 6, who is present at in the courtroom?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Genre is a way to classify literature into a category. What is the genre of the novel and why?

Essay Topic 2

How do Dunlap and Wilbanks attempt to influence the jury during the wrongful death case? How do they use prejudicial language to bias the jury?

Essay Topic 3

Pete is sentenced to be executed in the electric chair. Why are people so eager to sentence Pete to death? How and why do people have second thoughts about that decision?

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