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

2. What is Grant going to tell Miss Emma that Jefferson ate and enjoyed?
(a) The corn
(b) The chicken
(c) The pralines
(d) The bread

3. What are Grant's students preparing?
(a) A Christmas program
(b) A paper
(c) A story book
(d) A research project

4. What do Vivian and Grant do after coffee and cake?
(a) Go for a walk
(b) Go to the school
(c) Hold hands on the porch
(d) Head to church

5. What color was Grant's teacher's skin?
(a) He was causasian
(b) He was dark skinned
(c) He was mulatto
(d) He was light skinned

Short Answer Questions

1. Who warns Grant of the impending annual visit by the superintendent?

2. What reason does Grant give for staying in town?

3. Who grabs a gun and starts shooting?

4. What did Miss Emma send for Jefferson to enjoy?

5. When does Grant teach the children?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Jefferson say that he wants when Grant asks him if he wants anything?

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

3. What does Grant think about heaven and what happens after you die?

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

5. When Jefferson writes about Samson, what is the question that springs into his mind?

6. Grant has a theory about why he feels he has left some of his anger behind. What is his theory?

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

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

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

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

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