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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 Taylor call Vernon before she hangs up on him?
(a) A baby.
(b) A porky.
(c) A killer.
(d) A lover.

2. What does Taylor Figueroa call Vernon when he gives her a call from Acapulco?
(a) A lover.
(b) A sugar.
(c) A love.
(d) A killer.

3. What is the name of Vernon's new attorney?
(a) Ol' Butches.
(b) Ol' Buck.
(c) Ol' Barry.
(d) Ol' Brian.

4. Which city does Newsweek say has the fastest economic growth in the world?
(a) Houston.
(b) Horatio.
(c) Jefferson.
(d) Martirio.

5. What kind of person does Dr. Oliver Goosens label Vernon?
(a) An unhappy boy.
(b) An anarchist.
(c) A psychopath.
(d) A vandal.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Vernon state he feels slimier than?

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

3. What was the name of Dr. Oliver Goosens's patient before Vernon?

4. What is Vernon's sentence?

5. What does Vernon say he feels like he is climbing when he exits the cab?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Lally want to change public executions?

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

3. What does Vernon receive on his execution day?

4. Summarize Chapter 24.

5. What does Lally say on the witness stand?

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

7. How does Taylor force Vernon to confess?

8. How does Vernon react to his sentence?

9. What does Vernon tell Taylor on the phone?

10. What does Vernon do in the San Antonio bus station?

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