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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 old were the Detterick twins when they died?
2. When does AMC’s Early Bird Matinee begin?
3. How many children did the Dettericks have?
4. What times of the day will John Coffey be allowed in the yard?
5. How old is Elaine Connelly?
Short Essay Questions
1. What promise does Warden Moores make to Percy regarding Delacroix?
2. What is wrong with Warden Moores’ wife?
3. How is Paul’s urinary infection cured?
4. Who is the new prisoner who is coming to E Block?
5. Why doesn’t Paul go to the TV room much in the day?
6. How is Toot-Toot persuaded to give his cigar box to Delacroix for six cents?
7. How did William Wharton get the opportunity to try to strangle Dean Stanton?
8. Who gets Wharton under control when he is choking Dean?
9. Who at Georgia Pines reminds Paul of Percy Wetmore?
10. How did Mr. Jingles eat a portion of a sandwich that Brutal gave him the first night that the mouse showed up?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Burt Hammersmith believes that Coffey is dangerous and committed the murders of the little girls. What made Hammersmith come to that conclusion? What analogy does Hammersmith use to indicate why he believes Coffey is dangerous? Why does he believe Paul should never turn his back on Coffey?
Essay Topic 2
Paul believes that talking is his and his staff’s most important job. What purpose does talking with the prisoners serve? Why does Paul prefer talking to discipline or punishment? What are the benefits of talk for the prisoners? For the guards?
Essay Topic 3
Paul is writing the story of The Green Mile in his old age from a nursing home. How does that affect the storyline? Does Paul show or tell his story? How does it affect the story knowing that the events that are told happened a long time ago? Does knowing that the story happened in the past make the story more or less suspenseful? In the scenes from the nursing home, does Paul relate events before or after he has shared them with readers? How does this affect the story? In what way does the change of setting to the nursing home help set the stage for the story?
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