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Duplicate of A Lesson before Dying
Duplicate of A Lesson before Dying
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The most dangerous thing you can become to the status quo is an educated person...
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1
Why was the Christmas program such a huge success?
Grant had more funds this year.
The donated bed sheets.
The students rewrote the script themselves.
The cold gave the students a break from working to practice.
2
Grant always talks about running away, but why does he stay?
He doesn't have anywhere to go.
He is all talk.
He loves being a teacher.
He cares and knows that he challenge the status quo.
3
Where does the novel open?
Courtroom
Grocery Store
Field
Jailhouse
4
What does Reverend Ambrose think is the most important thing for Jefferson now?
Learning the myth behind racism.
Reading and writing.
Listening to music.
Saving his soul.
5
What animal is Jefferson called by his defense attorney?
A hamster
A bear
A goat
A hog
6
What is nannan another word for in Cajun?
bread
aunt
banana
godmother
7
Who does Grant live with in the quarter?
Miss Emma
Eloise
Tante Lou
Vivian
8
What does Rev. Ambrose do during the prayer before the program?
Brings everyone to tears.
Thanks the community for the firewood.
Starts to cry
Calls out Grant for being a non-believer.
9
What finally stops Grant from fighting?
The arrival of the police.
A chair knocks him out.
He is knocked out with a pistol.
Vivian
10
What is the most powerful determiner of social status in the novel?
Race
Talent
Money
Education
11
What is Grant's occupation?
Brick Layer
Judge
Teacher
Lawyer
12
Why does Miss Emma want Grant to visit Jefferson?
Because Grant owes her money.
Because Jefferson always respected him.
Because they use to be best friends.
Because he's the teacher.
13
Why does Jefferson never need a shave when the barber comes to the jail?
They don't want him around sharp objects.
He likes his beard.
The barber doesn't come around.
He has a baby face.
14
Grant becomes more stern with his students after seeing Jefferson. Why?
He doesn't like them anymore.
He notices more behavior problems.
He is worried about their future.
He remembers all his classmates that are dead or in jail.
15
How can the reader see the lasting effects of slavery 70 plus years since emancipation?
The Black community is still in the slave quarters.
No electricity or running water in 1947-1948
Grant uses the back door of the Pichot's Antebellum house.
Segregation
16
What was the verdict? What was the sentence?
Felony, life without parole
Second degree murder, life in prison
Manslaughter, Death sentence
First degree murder, death by electrocution
17
What special food does Miss Emma bring for Jefferson that he actually eats?
Cajun Rice
jumbalaya
gumbo
crawfish pie
18
What is a somber focal point of the Christmas Program?
The students
The people of the community.
The stage
The two gifts for Jefferson under the tree.
19
Where do most of the characters in the story live?
In the city
In the big house
In mobile homes
On a plantation
20
When Grant visits Jefferson he realizes that Jefferson believes what awful statement.
That he is a murderer.
That he conspired to commit murder.
That he is a hog.
That he killed Mr. Grope.
21
Which religious group helps to determine the execution date?
Buddhists
Mormons
Catholics
Scientology
22
What political decision is referred to when he says white people consider themselves superior?
The Constitution
The three-fifths compromise
The Louisiana Purchase
The Bill of rights
23
Who finally convinces Grant to visit Jefferson.
Tante Lou
Irene
Jefferson
Vivian
24
What ended less than 80 years before the novel begins?
Slavery
Jim Crow Laws
Institutional Racism
Segregation
25
What did Brother and Bear want from Mr. Grope?
Pack of gum
Smokes
A Sandwich
Liquor
26
What French phrase does Grant write on Vivian's board?
Parlez-vous anglais
Je t'aime
Bonjour
Soupe du jour
27
Which two Christian holidays are referenced and could be made clever connections to Jefferson?
Ramadan
Eid Al-Fitr
Lent and Good Friday
Christmas and Easter
28
Who does Grant fight in Chapter 25?
Henry Pichot
Sheriff Guidry
Two Creole Bricklayers
Two white men
29
What does Grant dream about?
His past.
Vivian
Leaving Louisiana
Walking to the chair himself.
30
Has Bayonne ever had an execution before Jefferson?
No
Yes
31
What unusual thing does Rev. Ambrose admit to doing?
He lies to relieve pain
He ignores Miss Emma
He doesn't believe in God
He doesn't care about the people.
