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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. Which one of the following Spanish sentences often appears in the novel?
(a) Me ves y lloras.
(b) Te veo y sufro.
(c) Te veo y siento.
(d) Me ves y sufres.

2. Which of the following musical instruments does Vernon want to sell?
(a) A clarinet.
(b) A piano.
(c) A bass-viol.
(d) A guitar.

3. What does Vernon have to sit in in the courtroom?
(a) Alone in a cage.
(b) By his mother.
(c) By his attorney.
(d) By the jury.

4. What is Dr. Oliver Goosens speciality?
(a) Bipolar.
(b) Personality disturbances.
(c) Schizophrenia.
(d) Forensic psychiatry.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Nuckles accuse of the shooting?

2. What is the name of Jesus's father?

3. What interests Vernon about Taylor when he meets her in Houston?

4. Who is the first person Vernon call on his last night?

5. What does the narrator say Marion Nuckles looks like when she stands up in court?

Short Essay Questions

1. How has the prison psychologist helped Vernon?

2. What does Nuckles say in court?

3. What does Vernon think the coastline looks like?

4. What does Vernon think about as he dozes?

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

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

7. Summarize Chapter 24.

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

9. How has Taylor's life changed since Vernon's trial?

10. Describe the execution.

(see the answer keys)

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