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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 the color of the ambulance's floor?

2. Where does Taylor want Vernon to meet him?

3. Which of the following workers does the city have more of than police?

4. Where is Vernon when Jesus begins shooting?

5. How does Vernon jeopardize his bail?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why does Vernon think he is doomed in Act 1, Chapter 6?

4. What do the police find out about Vernon's sexuality?

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

6. What does Vernon imagine about the TV movie of his life?

7. Why does no boy in town love Ella?

8. What does Vernon remind himself when he realizes he is in a tough situation?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Aside from the main character, examine the way the author uses the other characters in the book. When does he introduce and take them away from the story? What effect does it have on the story?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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