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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 much money is Hugh sent monthly from a secretary at Foxy's while he is on death row?
2. In Chapter 27, how many women are on the jury?
3. To where does Judge Oliphant change the venue for Malco's trial?
4. Where is Lyle, the bomber injured when the bomb goes off?
5. In Ginger's trial, how many jurors refused to vote that Ginger is guilty?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does Joshua Burch refer Hugh to another lawyer after the trial?
2. What does Burch suggest Lance do to delay his trial?
3. Who is appointed as special prosecutor for Jesse's murder trial and why?
4. What are the Rudy children doing in Chapter 29?
5. What is life like for Lance when he is released from Parchman?
6. Why is there a mistrial for GInger's trial?
7. Why does Lance take a plea deal?
8. Who becomes the judge for the trial for the murder of Jesse after Oliphant becomes ill and has to recuse himself?
9. What does Ginger do when the Supreme Court affirms that the Carousel is a nuisance and closes it?
10. What news does Keith present at a news conference in Chapter 47?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
The climax in a novel is the highest point of tension and a turning point. What is the climax of The Boys from Biloxi and why is that incident the climax?
Essay Topic 2
What a reader knows about events and characters is determined by the point of view in a book. What is the point of view in the book? How does the point of view influence what readers know about events and characters? How does it help readers connect with and understand characters?
Essay Topic 3
Henry Taylor thinks the local police are incompetent because they do not catch him. How does Grisham use dramatic irony when Taylor thinks to himself that the local police are incompetent?
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