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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 Palmyra ask Vernon?

2. Where does Vernon say he wants to buy a house?

3. What does Vernon find strange when he arrives at McAllen?

4. Which of the following senses does Vernon describe when talking about his girl?

5. Which of the following of Vernon's mother's friends is the plumpest?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Vernon's mother say she is crying?

2. What lesson does Vernon say he has learned?

3. Why does Vernon not want to invite Vaine into his home?

4. Why does Mr. Deutschman have to get his haircut at the meatworks factory?

5. Why does Vernon want to get out of Texas?

6. How does Vernon plan to help Silas Benn?

7. How does Vernon's Mom betray the fact she does not believe in her son's innocence?

8. What advice does Vernon's mother give him before the trial?

9. Why does Vernon think he is doomed in Act 1, Chapter 6?

10. How did Vernon once help Taylor at a party?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What are the arguments for and against the death penalty? What are Pierre's opinions on the death penalty and how does he express them? Do you agree or disagree with Pierre?

Essay Topic 2

What major events had a profound effect on Vernon's life and how did they change him? What does Vernon still have to learn by the end of the book?

Essay Topic 3

Why are a person's teenage years supposed to be so difficult? How much was Jesus' reaction to the bullying because of his sensitive age? In what way does Vernon's young age become a joke in the novel?

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