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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When is Jefferson brought into the day room wearing?
(a) No shirt
(b) A smile
(c) A hat
(d) Chains

2. When is the actually execution date for Jefferson?
(a) The first Friday after Easter
(b) Ash Wednesday
(c) Pentecost
(d) The second Friday after Easter

3. During what month is Jefferson's execution date finally set?
(a) May
(b) June
(c) February
(d) March

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

5. What is the present the sits beneath the tree in the classroom?
(a) An envelope of money
(b) A bible
(c) A wool sweater and socks
(d) A pillow

6. What else does Grant bring to Jefferson for his cell?
(a) A sculpture
(b) A plant
(c) A notebook
(d) A picture

7. After visiting Jefferson, where does Grant go?
(a) Out for a walk
(b) To the radio store
(c) To the Rainbow Club
(d) Home

8. Grant is quick to point out to Jefferson that no one knows when they will ________.
(a) Die
(b) Find God
(c) Be released
(d) Be found innocent

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

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

11. What is Miss Emma doing when Grant arrives?
(a) Crying
(b) Making coffee
(c) Praying
(d) Lying on a bed

12. What does Grant believe in?
(a) God
(b) Spirits
(c) Ghosts
(d) An afterlife

13. Who does Grant dedicate the Christmas program to?
(a) Miss Emma
(b) Jefferson
(c) Grope
(d) Vivian

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

15. Why doesn't Grant want to stay at Vivian's house?
(a) He doesn't love her anymore
(b) Miss Emma is expecting him
(c) He just wants to go home
(d) He's afraid he will ruin her reputation

Short Answer Questions

1. Grant suggests that Jefferson speak to ________, and it would be good for Miss Emma to know that he does.

2. Why can't Grant be what he suggests in #136?

3. Who are so prejudiced against darker skinned African Americans that they drop out of school to become bricklayers?

4. Grant wonders if _______ is with Jefferson.

5. Jefferson asks that Miss Emma be told that he __________ to his execution.

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