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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 kind of room does Taylor book at the hotel?
(a) A double room.
(b) A presidental suite.
(c) A single room.
(d) An apartment.

2. What is Lally's mother's nationality?
(a) Mexican.
(b) Spanish.
(c) American.
(d) French.

3. What is Dr. Oliver Goosens speciality?
(a) Schizophrenia.
(b) Bipolar.
(c) Forensic psychiatry.
(d) Personality disturbances.

4. What does Dr. Oliver Goosens diagnose Vernon with?
(a) Antisocial personality.
(b) Paranoid schizophrenia.
(c) Neurosis.
(d) Depression.

5. Who does Goosens claim is medically unfit to testify?
(a) Vernon.
(b) Taylor.
(c) Pelayo.
(d) Nuckles.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator say Marion Nuckles looks like when she stands up in court?

2. What city does Vernon say the wire is coming from?

3. How does Vernon react to the court's decision?

4. What was the profession of Taylor's ex-boyfriend?

5. Which of the following characters is Vernon suspected of killing?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Vernon think about as he dozes?

2. What does Vernon find when he arrives back at school moments after the shooting?

3. Summarize Chapter 24.

4. Why does International Bridge look like a Spielberg set?

5. What is Vernon's view of what happened on May 20?

6. How has Taylor's life changed since Vernon's trial?

7. What does Vernon receive on his execution day?

8. What telephone calls does Vernon make on the day of his execution?

9. What does Lally say on the witness stand?

10. Why does Vernon think the village looks like something out of NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC?

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