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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Vernon refrain from talking to the psychiatrist about?
(a) School.
(b) Family.
(c) Sex.
(d) His future.

2. What does Lally say is his job?
(a) A journalist.
(b) A sheriff.
(c) A psychologist.
(d) A psychiatrist.

3. Whose hand touches Vernon's face like a god?
(a) An old lady's.
(b) An old man's.
(c) A child's.
(d) An young man's.

4. Who does Vernon want to have to himself in Mexico?
(a) Lally.
(b) Taylor.
(c) Palmyra.
(d) His mother.

5. Where does Taylor want Vernon to meet him?
(a) By the gallery.
(b) On the bridge.
(c) By the river.
(d) On the square.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Vernon's girl's occupation?

2. What is the cowgirl wearing under her Levis?

3. What is Palmyra's habit to forget to do when he drives to Vernon's house?

4. What is Lally's job?

5. What program does Vernon hang up on his mother to watch?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Goosens probe Vernon in Act 2, chapter 7?

2. How does Vernon plan to help Silas Benn?

3. Why are Vernon, Deutschman and Ella all happy with the outcome in Chapter 13?

4. What lesson does Vernon say he has learned?

5. Why is Vernon's mother angry with Vernon in Chapter 11?

6. How does Vernon's Mom betray the fact she does not believe in her son's innocence?

7. What does Vernon imagine about the TV movie of his life?

8. How did Vernon once help Taylor at a party?

9. Why does Vernon make faces before appearing on TV?

10. What do the police find out about Vernon's sexuality?

(see the answer keys)

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