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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the young African American man at the center of the trial?
(a) Brother
(b) Grope
(c) Bear
(d) Jefferson

2. What did Miss Emma do when Jefferson said he is a hog being fattened for the slaughter?
(a) Yell for the guard
(b) Slap him
(c) Nothing
(d) Hit him with a book

3. Who is in charge of scheduling the execution?
(a) Rougon
(b) Pichot
(c) Guidry
(d) The big boss in Baton Rouge

4. What is searched before Miss Emma and Grant go to Jefferson's cell?
(a) Their clothing
(b) Their shoes
(c) Her parcels
(d) Miss Emma's purse

5. What is something Grant does NOT tell his students to do when the superintendent arrives?
(a) To behave
(b) To bathe each morning
(c) To show up in nice clothes
(d) To sing a song

6. Who does Grant remember as someone who took great pride in his heritage?
(a) An Irishman
(b) An out of towner
(c) A famous person
(d) A worker

7. How early does Grant go to Pichot's home?
(a) 10 minutes early
(b) 40 minutes early
(c) 5 minutes early
(d) 60 minutes early

8. What did Grant's teacher tell Grant to do?
(a) Kill himself
(b) Stop seeing his lover
(c) Keep teaching no matter what
(d) Get out of the community

9. Why does Grant decide to walk along the road?
(a) He snapped at a student
(b) He wants to run away
(c) He is tired
(d) He is meeting with Vivian

10. What does Reverend Ambrose ask about the discussions between Jefferson and Grant?
(a) Whether they have discussed God
(b) Whether they are long
(c) Whether they were civil
(d) Whether they are hateful

11. Who is upset with Jefferson's fate and pours herself a drink?
(a) Inez
(b) Edna Guidry
(c) Irene
(d) Vivian

12. What is NOT a way that Grant feels he has been humiliated?
(a) By having to stay at the house
(b) By being forced to see Pichot
(c) Be allowing himself to be searched at the jail
(d) By allowing the parcels to be searched

13. Where is the courthouse located?
(a) Baton Rouge
(b) Birmingham
(c) Bayonne
(d) New Orleans

14. Which of the following men did not get into the car to go to the bar?
(a) Brother
(b) Jefferson
(c) Grant
(d) Bear

15. Grant is worried that the guards will do what when he goes to the jail on his own?
(a) Beat him
(b) Ignore him
(c) Lock him up
(d) Ask him to strip or to look in his mouth

Short Answer Questions

1. The reverend asks Grant if it would be appropriate to take a ________ when his visits Jefferson. Grant agrees.

2. Who does Grant see joking that makes him question his role as a teacher?

3. Who is given permission to see Jefferson?

4. What grades does Grant teach in his classroom?

5. Who is the maid at the house in #7?

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