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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. What is Lally's job?

2. Which of the following lessons is Vernon having when Jesus begins shooting?

3. What is Vernon's full name?

4. Which of the following foods does Vernon eat in the police station?

5. Which of his teachers did Vernon have to run an errand for?

Short Essay Questions

1. What advice does Vernon's mother give him before the trial?

2. Why does Vernon's mother say she is crying?

3. Why does Mr. Deutschman have to get his haircut at the meatworks factory?

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

5. What does Vernon overhear his mom and her friends talking about?

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

7. Describe Ella.

8. Why does Vernon hang up on his Mom when he talks to her from prison?

9. What does Vernon recall about the morning of the murders as he rode to school with Jesus?

10. What lesson does Vernon say he has learned?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine the construction of Pierre's argument.

1. How does he introduce his ideas?

2. How does he construct his ideas to come to logical conclusion?

3. What weaknesses and strengths can you identify in Pierre's argument?

Essay Topic 2

Choose two of the following people and outline their influence on Vernon's life:

1. His mother.

2. Jesus.

3. Taylor.

4. Lally.

Essay Topic 3

Examine the book's dialogue. How does the author's dialogue contribute to the following areas:

1. Character

2. Setting

3. Plot

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