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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 does Nineva cook for Pete's last meal?

2. In Chapter 17, what job does Joel get at the end of the chapter?

3. Where was Pete stationed before he was sent overseas in Chapter 23?

4. Where does Pete get his coffee from in Chapter 4?

5. How old was Joel when he was baptized in the Methodist church?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is the burying of Bell handled?

2. What is the jail area like where Pete is incarcerated?

3. How did Pete and Liza meet?

4. Why is Errol McLeish interested in Jackie Bell?

5. How does Pete kill Reverend Bell?

6. How are prisoners executed in Mississippi?

7. Why did Nineva resent Liza when she first moved to the Banning home?

8. What does John Wilbanks, the Banning family lawyer, tell Florry about Pete's case?

9. In Chapter 7, how does Joel justify disobeying his father?

10. Who start arriving before Pete's execution and why?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the treatment of blacks in the novel; how do they experience segregation and racism? What role does racism play in the plot?

Essay Topic 2

Mood is an element that authors use to evoke feelings in readers through the use of descriptive language. Mood is the overall feeling that readers have when reading a story. What is the overall mood of the novel? How does the mood change during events that occur?

Essay Topic 3

Pete has strong principles. What is revealed through events and characters about the type of man that Pete is? How would you describe Pete’s character? What contradictions can be seen about him?

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