View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Taylor Figueroa wear when she meets Vernon in Houston?

3. How does Vernon react to the court's decision?

4. Which of the following do the students use in their physics class?

5. What does Lally say Vernon does while he sleeps?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Vernon tell Taylor on the phone?

2. What does Vernon think the coastline looks like?

3. How does Taylor force Vernon to confess?

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

5. What does Nuckles say in court?

6. Describe the execution.

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

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

9. How does Vernon react to his sentence?

10. What does Lally say on the witness stand?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine the book's dialogue. How does the author's dialogue contribute to the following areas:

1. Character

2. Setting

3. Plot

Essay Topic 2

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 3

What major events had a profound effect on Vernon's life and how did they change him? What does Vernon still have to learn by the end of the book?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 759 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample