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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 sell to the pawnbroker?
(a) CDs.
(b) Magazines.
(c) Clothes.
(d) Mushrooms.

2. What does Vernon say he feels like he is climbing when he exits the cab?
(a) Mount Everest.
(b) Mount Rushmore.
(c) A church spire.
(d) A thorny tree.

3. What is Vernon's opinion of his dead friend Jesus?
(a) He had a bad heart.
(b) He had a hard heart.
(c) He had a soft heart.
(d) He had a black heart.

4. What does Vernon like to do in prison?
(a) Pray.
(b) WatchTV.
(c) Read.
(d) Sleep.

5. What kind of music does Vernon think would drive him to suicide?
(a) Indie.
(b) Country.
(c) Pop.
(d) Heavy-metal.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the only American hitchiker Pelayo says he knows?

2. Who does Vernon state he feels slimier than?

3. What does Taylor Figueroa call Vernon when he gives her a call from Acapulco?

4. Which of the following names does Vernon use in Mexico?

5. Where does Vernon meet with the priest?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Vernon's phone call with Taylor?

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

3. What does Vernon's mom tell him on the phone in Chapter 25?

4. What does Vernon think the coastline looks like?

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

6. What does Vernon receive on his execution day?

7. How does Taylor force Vernon to confess?

8. What does A=DT2 mean?

9. What does Vernon's lawyer say in Vernon's defense?

10. Describe the execution.

(see the answer keys)

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