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The story of Paul Edgecombe's memories of John Coffey, a death row inmate with unusual abilities, was originally published in six volumes before being brought together as a single novel. It won the 1996 Bram Stoker Award for Best Novel.
2 quizzes and 20 trivia questions.
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  The Green Mile   great trivia quiz  
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I read this book last week and found it pretty good. Stephen King is a great writer and I can never put down his books. Please rate and if a good reaction occurs I'll do another quiz. GOOD LUCK!
Easier, 10 Qns, baseballslugger_99, Jan 26 24
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  'The Green Mile' - Film vs Book   popular trivia quiz  
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This is one of the best book to film adaptations I have seen. There were hardly any changes made to the story for filming. If you've read the book you should know the answers to these questions!
Tough, 10 Qns, Leesa36, Oct 03 04
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The Green Mile Trivia Questions
1. What is the nickname, used throughout the book, given to the electric chair?

From Quiz The Green Mile

Answer: Old Sparky

The chair is given the nickname Big Juicy also, but Old Sparky is used throughout the whole book.

2. The film does not mention what happened to Paul's wife, Jan. How does the book say she died?

From Quiz 'The Green Mile' - Film vs Book

Answer: Bus crash

It happened in 1956. Paul was also in the crash (they were both passengers), but Paul was the only person not seriously hurt. He thought he saw John Coffey at the crash site and shouted out for him to help Jan.

3. What year does the book primarily focus on?

From Quiz The Green Mile

Answer: 1932

The book states many times that it takes place in '32 and the movie takes place in a different year.

4. In the film, the last we see of Mr Jingles is when he is asleep in his cigar box at the end. What happens to him at the end of the book?

From Quiz 'The Green Mile' - Film vs Book

Answer: He dies of natural causes

He dies in front of Paul and Elaine after Brad Dolan (a nasty orderly at the old peoples' home) discovers why Paul goes on walks everyday.

5. Who is the big annoyance of E Block?

From Quiz The Green Mile

Answer: Percy Wetmore

Percy becomes an annoyance to everyone by being a jerk and mistreating the criminals. He can do all this without getting reported because he's related to the governor, which stops Paul and everyone else on E Block from beating him up.

6. In the film, Burt Hammersmith is John Coffey's Lawyer. In the book who is he?

From Quiz 'The Green Mile' - Film vs Book

Answer: A reporter

I'm not sure why they changed this detail!

7. What medical problem does Paul Edgecomb have in 1932?

From Quiz The Green Mile

Answer: urinary infection

Later this is cured by John Coffey, avoiding the need to take sulphur pills, which have an unpleasant taste.

8. The film is set in 1935. What year is the book set in?

From Quiz 'The Green Mile' - Film vs Book

Answer: 1932

They had to change the year for the film, because they wanted to use the film 'Top Hat' as the movie that John Coffey watched - also something that didn't happen in the book.

9. What went wrong at Delacroix's electrocution?

From Quiz The Green Mile

Answer: Sponge was dry

This is one of my primary reasons for disliking Percy. He knew the sponge had to be wet because it helped kill the criminal faster. By not wetting the sponge, he made it take longer for Delacroix to die.

10. In the film, Mr Jingles reappears to Paul at the prison after John Coffey's execution. Where does Paul find him in the book?

From Quiz 'The Green Mile' - Film vs Book

Answer: At Georgia Pines

Paul finds him on the kitchen steps of the nursing home and instantly knows it is him.

11. Who is sent to the restraint room repeatedly?

From Quiz The Green Mile

Answer: William Wharton

William "Billy the Kid" Wharton went to the restraint room for peeing on a guard and being disruptive. To get him there the guards sprayed him with water from a hose and put him in a straitjacket.

12. In the book, Hal Moores does not oversee John Coffey's execution. Who does it for him?

From Quiz 'The Green Mile' - Film vs Book

Answer: Curtis Anderson

Curtis Anderson was the warden's chief assistant. Jack van Hay was another guard who pulled the switch at executions. Brad Dolan was the unkind orderly at Georgia Pines Nursing Home. Homer Cribus was the County Sheriff.

13. In the book, Mr Jingles is initially called something else by Brutus Howell. What is it?

From Quiz 'The Green Mile' - Film vs Book

Answer: Steamboat Willy

In the book, Mr Jingles appears a few times before Del arrives and looks in all the cells as if he is looking for someone, who of course turns out to be Del. It's Del who names him Mr Jingles after saying that the mouse whispered it to him.

14. What is the name of Delacroix's trained mouse?

From Quiz The Green Mile

Answer: Mr. Jingles

That is the name Mr. Jingles, of course, whispered into Delacroix's ear. Mr. Jingles is so special because he performs tricks and is also cured by Coffey when Percy steps on him.

15. In the book, Paul finds out that Wild Bill killed the girls by researching it rather than John 'showing' it to him. What was his final clue that convinced him John didn't do it?

From Quiz 'The Green Mile' - Film vs Book

Answer: John couldn't tie Paul's shoelaces

If he couldn't tie Paul's shoelaces, then he couldn't have re-tied the pack of sandwiches he had when he was found with the dead girls (The prosecution claimed he had re-tied the sandwiches after taking the sausages out, which were used to befriend the Dettericks' dog before killing it).

16. How old is Paul Edgecomb when he writes the book at the nursing home, Georgia Pines?

From Quiz The Green Mile

Answer: 104

He was born in 1892, making him 104 when he writes the book in 1996, and 40 in 1932.

17. At the beginning of the book, there is another prisoner on the Green Mile. What was his nickname?

From Quiz 'The Green Mile' - Film vs Book

Answer: The President

He got transferred to C Block with a life sentence after Arlen Bitterbuck was executed, but died 12 years later when someone drowned him in a dye vat.

18. What is so special about the shed at Georgia Pines?

From Quiz The Green Mile

Answer: Mr. Jingles is there

Yes, Mr. Jingles lives to be very old, like Paul, because of John Coffey's curing. He still can perform the trick of "fetching" the colored spool. He dies during Brad Dolan's "visit" to the shed.

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