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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator say Marion Nuckles looks like when she stands up in court?
(a) Like she has hasn't slept for a week.
(b) Like she's had a nervous breakdown.
(c) Likeshe is ready to do anything.
(d) Like she has just recovered from cancer.

2. What film is Vernon disappointed the TV is not as good as?
(a) Against All Odds.
(b) Miller's Crossing.
(c) Star Trek the Movie.
(d) The Fugitive.

3. Who does Vernon state he feels slimier than?
(a) Stalin.
(b) Mugabe.
(c) Churchill.
(d) Hitler.

4. What does Taylor tell the court she cannot provide for Vernon?
(a) An alibi.
(b) Children.
(c) Money.
(d) Love.

5. What does Silas Benn use for a postbox?
(a) An old washbox.
(b) A tissue box.
(c) A gas canister.
(d) A clothes basket.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Vernon distract himself with as he watches Taylor on TV?

2. Which of the following has Taylor not appeared in?

3. What does Taylor call Vernon before she hangs up on him?

4. Who is the only American hitchiker Pelayo says he knows?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Taylor let Vernon down in the Chapter 20?

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

3. Describe the execution.

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

5. What does Lasalle say about God in Chapter 24?

6. Describe Vernon's phone call with Taylor?

7. What does Vernon think the coastline looks like?

8. What is Vernon's view of what happened on May 20?

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

10. What does Vernon think about as he dozes?

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