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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is NOT a way that Grant feels he has been humiliated?

2. Who is the fellow teacher with whom Grant is having an affair?

3. Which day of the week is a sad day?

4. When does Grant teach the children?

5. Who was the owner of this bar?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens at the beginning of every visit to see Jefferson?

2. What responsibility does Grant try to tell Jefferson he has?

3. Why is Grant so unhappy with his life right now?

4. Vivian is unsure if she should go to the house where Miss Emma is. Why?

5. Why does Grant go with Miss Emma and Tante Lou to Mr. Pichot's house?

6. There is a lone present that is beneath the tree in the classroom. What is it?

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

8. When Grant sees the deliverymen joking with each other like his students do, what does he wonder?

9. To whom does Grant dedicate the Christmas program at his school?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The notebook is something Grant and Jefferson share in their visits toward the end. How do you think this journal helps Jefferson? How does this help Grant? If the notebook had been given to Jefferson earlier in his jail stay, do you think it would have helped him move through his anger more easily? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

Grant goes back time and time again to see Jefferson, even though most of the visits doesn't really result in anything more than frustration for both. So, why do you think Grant continues to go back? Is it just a matter of feeling obligated to Miss Emma? Or are there other reasons why Grant could be going back to see Jefferson? What does Grant have to gain from these visits?

Essay Topic 3

When Grant asks Jefferson if he wants the white man to win, what does he mean? How is Jefferson letting the white man win? What else could Jefferson do to be stronger? What actions of Jefferson's make him look like he has given up?

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