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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What reason does Grant give for staying in town?
(a) He was forbidden to leave
(b) He is ashamed to leave
(c) He wants to be with Vivian
(d) He doesn't have enough money to leave

2. Who was Grant's teacher when he was a child?
(a) Sam Guidry
(b) Joseph Morgan
(c) Matthew Antoine
(d) Bill Wallersten

3. When is Grant going to visit Jefferson again?
(a) That day
(b) Never
(c) The next Tuesday
(d) On Friday

4. Where is Vivian's husband?
(a) Delaware
(b) At home
(c) In the other room
(d) Houston

5. Who does Grant hear calling his Tante Lou from the road?
(a) Eloise Bouie
(b) Inez
(c) Pichot
(d) Reverend Ambrose

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Grant drive Miss Emma and Tante Lou?

2. What is displayed in front of the court building?

3. What are the two men discussing with Joe Claiborne?

4. Where did Vivian attend school?

5. Why does Grant's teacher stay in town?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Bonin tell Grant about Bonin's relationship with Jefferson?

2. Who is the person who gets into trouble when offered a ride to the White Rabbit Bar and Lounge?

3. What does Grant do instead of telling someone that the visit with Jefferson is not going well?

4. When Miss Emma asks Tante Lou why God hates her, what does Reverend Ambrose tell Miss Emma?

5. Though Grant finds Tante Lou and Miss Emma home when he returns from school, what does he do?

6. What does Jefferson say that makes Miss Emma slap him?

7. What does Grant notice when he looks through Jefferson's barred window?

8. Who is the object of Grant's affection and of a secret love affair?

9. When is the execution date for Jefferson?

10. Who is the narrator of the story, revealed in the second chapter?

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