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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 is Perry?
2. Why is John Coffey sentenced to death?
3. What do Paul and Hal Moores drink during Paul’s visit in Part 3, Chapter 6?
4. What does Mrs. Hammersmith bring Paul to drink?
5. What color are Elaine’s eyes?
Short Essay Questions
1. In Part 2, Chapter 2, what happens when Percy throws his baton at the mouse?
2. What does Paul say to Bitterbuck when he starts to get nervous on the way to the electric chair?
3. How did Mr. Jingles eat a portion of a sandwich that Brutal gave him the first night that the mouse showed up?
4. Who gets Wharton under control when he is choking Dean?
5. What types of jokes are made about the electric chair?
6. What is wrong with Warden Moores’ wife?
7. What was Bitterbuck’s crime?
8. Why is Delacroix sent out to give a performance with his mouse at the beginning of Part 3, Chapter 7?
9. Why didn’t Bowser bark when the Detterick girls were taken?
10. How is Melinda Moores doing when she is sent home from the hospital?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
The mood of The Green Mile is very dark and a bit depressing. What does the story line have to do with the mood of the novel? Why isn’t this a light-hearted novel? How does the setting contribute to the mood? Does the mood change when the setting shifts to Georgia Pines? Why or why not? What is the overall mood of the novel?
Essay Topic 2
In the novel, Percy is a very unsympathetic character. How did Percy get his job at the penitentiary? Why does that make other characters dislike him? Do characters dislike Percy strictly because of how he got his job or are there other reasons?
Essay Topic 3
There are many conflicts in the novel. Name some of the conflicts that occur in The Green Mile. What types of conflicts are these (Man vs. Man, Man vs. Nature, Man vs. Self)? Are there more external or internal conflicts in the novel?
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