The Green Mile Quizzes

The Green Mile Quiz 1

1 Who is the author of The Green Mile?
Stephen King

James Patterson

Agatha Christie

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
2 What is unique about how The Green Mile was published?
It was published after the author died

It was published after the movie came out

It was published under a pseudonym

It was published in installments
3 Where does the novel take place?
On a farm

At a psychiatric hospital

At a prison

At a boarding school
4 Who is the narrator?
Percy Wetmore

John Coffey

An omniscient narrator

Paul Edgecombe
5 In what year does the majority of the novel take place?
1932

1937

1929

1956
6 Where does Paul work?
At Louisiana State Penitentiary

At Cold Mountain Penitentiary

At Briar Ridge Penitentiary

At Georgia Pines Penitentiary
7 What does the E Block refer to?
Where the inmates on death row are held

Where Warden Moores' office is

Where the prison infirmary is

Where the inmates are sent after they die
8 What is "Old Sparky"?
The mouse who lives in the prison

The man who pushes the snack cart

The nickname the inmates give to the electric chair

The nickname for Warden Moores
9 How does Percy personalize his prison guard outfit?
He always wears special shoes

He has a custom-made holster for his baton

He adds fancy buttons to his jacket

He has a custom-made holster for his gun
10 What is Paul's role at the prison?
He is Warden Moores' second in command

He is in charge of E Block

He's the prison warden

He is just a regular prison guard
11 What does Percy yell when escorting John Coffey to his cell?
Dead Man Walking

Big boy coming through

You idiot

Child murderer
12 What does Paul do when he meets Coffey that he's never done with another inmate?
Allow Coffey to call him Paul

Shake his hand

Hug him

Yell at him
13 What is Paul suprised by when he meets Coffey?
How quiet he is

His size

His scars

His tattoos
14 What other inmate is on E Block when Coffey arrives?
Eduard Delacroix

William Wharton

"The Chief" Bitterbuk

No one else is there
15 What crime is John Coffey accused of?
Killing his father

Setting fire to six people inside a house

Raping and murdering the Detterick twins

Beating his boss to death
16 Paul says the metal roof glares in the sun "like a delirious eyeball," this is an example of what literary device?
Simile

Overstatement

Foreshadowing

Metaphor
17 What was John Coffey doing when they arrested him?
Trying to run away

Crying and holding the Detterick twins' bodies

Eating his sandwich

Crying as he buried the Detterick twins' bodies
18 What were the Detterick girls doing when they were kidnapped from their house?
Sleeping on the screened in porch

Playing outside with their dog

Going outside to see the stars

Sleeping in their bedroom
19 What trick can Mr. Jingles do?
Play fetch with a wooden spool

Roll over

Talk

Walk on hind legs
20 Why is Paul feeling sick?
He has a migraine

He has a urinary infection

He has a brain tumor

He hurt his foot
21 What is unique for Paul about John Coffey's execution?
It was his last

Coffey burned during the execution

Paul got sick during the execution

There was a technical malfunction
22 What does Brutal find in the restraint room in the winter of 1932?
Coffey's necklace

Mr. Jingles' hiding place

The straightjacket they used on the inmates

A note from Percy
23 Why does Paul have to be careful about reprimanding Percy?
Percy is the governor's nephew

Percy's father is the warden of the prison

Percy is mentally unstable

Percy's family are criminals
24 What suggestion does Warden Moores give Paul in order to get rid of Percy?
Assign him to Coffey's execution

Give him a promotion

Make him clean Old Sparky

Assign him to Delacroix's execution
25 What is the Green Mile symbolic of?
The inmates' death

The inmates' morality

The inmates' souls

The inmates' future

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