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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. Where is the courthouse located?

2. Who was the owner of this bar?

3. Who does Grant hear calling his Tante Lou from the road?

4. What does Grant tell the women of the house about Vivian?

5. Miss Emma asks Tante Lou why _____ hates her.

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Grant tell Miss Emma, Tante Lou, and Reverend Ambrose about his visit with Jefferson?

2. What happens when Grant asks Vivian what would happen if someone on the school staff saw what she had written on her blackboard?

3. What is the recurring dream that Jefferson records in his journal?

4. There is a lone present that is beneath the tree in the classroom. What is it?

5. Jefferson tells Sam Guindry that he will meet Tante Lou, Miss Emma and Reverend Ambrose in which room?

6. Why are Miss Emma, Tante Lou, and Reverend Ambrose angry with Grant?

7. What does Grant tell Jefferson he wants him to do?

8. Why does Jefferson say that it does not matter if he eats chicken or dirt?

9. What has Jefferson recorded in the notebook that Grant had given him?

10. What does Grant do after he snaps at a student?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The relationship of Vivian and Grant is a complicated one, but perhaps that's only a matter of their current positions - she in her marriage, and Grant in his depression. Do you feel that their relationship is a strong one? A healthy one? Do you feel that these two will be together at some point? Do they seem like a couple that has a chance? What do they have to offer each other? How do they hurt each other?

Essay Topic 2

The truck that moves through the town with the electrocution chair makes everyone nervous in town. Do you think this path was taken purposefully to spread fear in the town? Why or why not? Who do you think the chair's presence is meant to scare more, blacks or whites? Why?

Essay Topic 3

Grant is the one who is designated to help Jefferson as he prepares to die, but why is Grant chosen in the first place? List three possible reasons why he is the best choice, as well as three reasons why he isn't the best choice. Is there someone else who might have been able to get through to Jefferson as well?

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