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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. How does Vernon travel to school?

2. Who visits Vernon in prison?

3. What is the color of Taylor's eyes?

4. What does Taylor tell the court she cannot provide for Vernon?

5. What kind of trial does Vernon's lawyer say is the cutting edge of the justice system?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does A=DT2 mean?

2. What does Lally say on the witness stand?

3. Describe Vernon's phone call with Taylor?

4. How does Taylor let Vernon down in the Chapter 20?

5. What does Vernon think the coastline looks like?

6. What does Vernon find when he arrives back at school moments after the shooting?

7. What does Vernon's lawyer say in Vernon's defense?

8. What does Vernon's mom tell him on the phone in Chapter 25?

9. Summarize Chapter 24.

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

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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