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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 interests Vernon about Taylor when he meets her in Houston?

2. What is the name of Vernon's new attorney?

3. What is Lally's full name?

4. What of the following magazines does Vernon read for the last time?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Vernon tell Taylor on the phone?

3. How does Taylor force Vernon to confess?

4. What does Lally say on the witness stand?

5. Describe the execution.

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

7. Why does Vernon think the village looks like something out of NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC?

8. How has the prison psychologist helped Vernon?

9. What does Vernon think the coastline looks like?

10. What does Nuckles say in court?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Choose one of the following and discuss how it affects the tone of the book and helps to express character and theme:

1. Setting

2. Point of view

3. Structure

4. Language

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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