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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 does Vernon's psychiatrist want him to do?

2. How do Vernon and Palmyra get home from the police station?

3. What part of Vernon's body does Dr. Oliver Goosens touch for the second time?

4. Where does Lally hide Vernon's joints?

5. What does Vernon refrain from talking to the psychiatrist about?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Vernon have to do at the New Life Center?

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

3. What does Lally's show state about Vernon's life?

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

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

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

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

8. Why does Vernon want to get out of Texas?

9. How does Vernon plan to help Silas Benn?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine the author's writing style. How would you describe the author's prose style? What kind of vocabulary does he use? What meaning does the author's style give to the story?

Essay Topic 2

What problems does Vernon's generation face? How are the problems for Vernon's generation different to the problems his father's generation faced? Identify and discuss a significant problem facing your generation.

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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