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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. Which one of the following Spanish sentences often appears in the novel?

2. What is the name of Jesus's father?

3. What kind of underwear was Jesus wearing the day he killed his school friends?

4. What do most of people think about Vernon?

5. What is Vernon's sentence?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Taylor force Vernon to confess?

2. What does Lasalle say about God in Chapter 24?

3. What does Vernon do in the San Antonio bus station?

4. How does Lally want to change public executions?

5. What does Vernon think the coastline looks like?

6. What does Lally say on the witness stand?

7. How does Vernon react to his sentence?

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

9. What is Vernon's view of what happened on May 20?

10. What does A=DT2 mean?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Pierre represent the media? How accurate is Pierre's representation of the media?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

What are the arguments for and against the death penalty? What are Pierre's opinions on the death penalty and how does he express them? Do you agree or disagree with Pierre?

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