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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 kind of people does the narrator say the town is full of?

2. Which of the following things helps Vernon get through the Mexican border?

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

4. Who gives Vernon the chain with the cross?

5. What did Vernon's mother tell Vernon to be aware of?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What lesson does Vernon say he has learned?

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

4. What does Vernon think about Taylor in this section?

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

6. What does Ladesma tell Vernon about trials?

7. How does Vernon plan to help Silas Benn?

8. Why does Vernon not want to invite Vaine into his home?

9. How does Vernon change fate in Chapter 9?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss elements of the narrative structure: exposition, conflict, complication, climax, resolution and conclusion. Do all the elements make for a logical and linear story? How does the story's structure express the book's themes?

Essay Topic 2

Examine the book's reception in three different countries including the country in which the book was written. How do their opinions about the books differ? Was the book more influential in one country than another? If so, why?

Essay Topic 3

The author wrote VERNON GOD LITTLE in the first person. Why do you think the author chose to write the story in the first person? How do you think the meaning of the story would change if the author wrote it in the third person?

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