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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. Which of the following has Taylor not appeared in?

2. What does Taylor Figueroa call Vernon when he gives her a call from Acapulco?

3. What was the name of Dr. Oliver Goosens's patient before Vernon?

4. Who does Goosens claim is medically unfit to testify?

5. What kind of underwear was Jesus wearing the day he killed his school friends?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Lally want to change public executions?

2. What does Nuckles say in court?

3. How does Vernon react to his sentence?

4. What does Vernon tell Taylor on the phone?

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

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

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

8. What does A=DT2 mean?

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

10. What does Vernon do in the San Antonio bus station?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine the book's reception in three different countries including the country in which the book was written. How do their opinions about the books differ? Was the book more influential in one country than another? If so, why?

Essay Topic 2

How does Vernon's mother cope with being a single parent? How has Vernon's upbringing affected him?

Essay Topic 3

What problems does Vernon's generation face? How are the problems for Vernon's generation different to the problems his father's generation faced? Identify and discuss a significant problem facing your generation.

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