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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Jefferson want now because he doesn't think he had enough when he was growing up?
(a) Steak
(b) Ice cream
(c) Milk
(d) Fruit

2. Does Jefferson speak with the other prisoners?
(a) Sometimes
(b) Bonin isn't sure
(c) No
(d) Yes

3. Who is knocked unconscious during the fight with the bricklayers?
(a) Joe
(b) Grant
(c) Edna
(d) Thelma

4. What does Jefferson question when he talks about the fact that he cares for Miss Emma?
(a) Whether right and wrong are possible
(b) Whether chores can be an expression of love
(c) Whether Miss Emma will go to heaven
(d) Whether he will go to heaven

5. Jefferson says in his journal that God only helps ____________.
(a) Rich people
(b) Black people
(c) Poor people
(d) White people

6. From whom does Grant get the money for the item in #124?
(a) Thelma and Joe Claiborne
(b) Vivian
(c) Guidry
(d) Bourgon

7. Whose car is parked outside of Miss Emma's house when Grant arrives?
(a) Tante Lou's
(b) Guidry's
(c) Miss Emma's
(d) Reverend Ambrose's

8. Who does not plan to get close to Jefferson because he is sentenced to die?
(a) Miss Emma
(b) Reverend Ambrose
(c) Inez
(d) Bonin

9. Grant believes that Miss Emma is ill and so she wants Jefferson to meet her in _____________.
(a) A dream
(b) Her house
(c) The courtroom
(d) Heaven

10. Who does Grant annoy when he insists on a brand new radio?
(a) A white clerk
(b) Thelma
(c) Miss Emma
(d) Vivian

11. Why can't Grant be what he suggests in #136?
(a) Because he is a teacher
(b) Because he wants to run away
(c) Because he is with Vivian
(d) Because he isn't strong enough

12. What did Vivian whisper to Miss Emma?
(a) That she would love Grant
(b) That she could be at peace
(c) That she was leaving
(d) That she would pray for her and Jefferson

13. When does the program start that night?
(a) 6:00
(b) 5:00
(c) 7:00
(d) 8:00

14. What does Grant not believe in?
(a) Prayer
(b) An afterlife
(c) God
(d) Capital punishment

15. Who agrees to return Pichot's knife?
(a) Grant
(b) Jefferson
(c) Bonin
(d) Vincent

Short Answer Questions

1. Bonin is deeply sorry for what happened, and asks for Grant's ________.

2. Grant wonders if _______ is with Jefferson.

3. What is the actual date of the execution?

4. What does Miss Emma tell Jefferson she wants for him?

5. What moves through the town, causing people to become anxious and nervous?

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