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__**A Lesson Before Dying**__

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1.Why does Jefferson recieve the death penalty? A) He is accused of rape B) He is accused of murder C) He is accused of stealing D) Both B & C

2.What is Jefferson often referred to as and why? A) Hog; he is considered nothing better than an animal B) Hero; He helped many people with what he did C) Trash; he was nothing special D) A bricklayer; he was half black and half white, bricklaying was the best job he could get

3.What is Grant's job in helping Jefferson? A) Teach him how to become a man before he dies B) Help feed him while in jail C) He was Jeffereson's lawyer D) He was the person who killed him in the electric chair

4.What does Grant do for Jefferson that is frowned upon? A) Buys him a radio B) Buys him a notebook and pencil C) Forces him to eat his godmother's gumbo D) Tells him that he hurts Miss Emma's feelings

5. Where to Vivian and Grant typically meet and why? A) her home; she always has to look after her kids B) school; they both work together C) The Rainbow Club; so they can be away from the kids and have time alone D) the town; they drive around together often

6.When is the execution date? A) The Friday before lent B) The 2nd Friday after Easter C) Easter D) The first Friday of the month

7.What job does Grant make his students do? A) sell items at a store B) chop wood for the fire C) teach one another D) clean the boards

8.What does Miss Emma do so Grant is forced to visit Jefferson alone? A) She beggs him to go B) She went to church instead C) She faked being sick D) She went to visit a relative in town

9.When the children are inspected at the school, what does the superindent say needs to be worked on? A) The reciting of Bible verses B) The reciting of the Pledge C) The students hygiene D) The students manners

10.What caused Grant to get in a fight at the bar? A) Someone was talking about Vivian B) He was drunk C) Someone made the statement that Jefferson should be dead by now D) Someone tried to steal his money

11. What is the setting of the story? A) Florida B) Mississippi C) Georgia D)Louisiana

12. Why was Grant not there with Jefferson on the execution day? A) He couldn't handle witnessing his death B) Miss Emma told him he didn't have to go C) He had to teach school D) He had was meeting up with Vivian instead.

13. Why did Jefferson take the wiskey from the store after Brother, Bear, and Mr. Goupe have been shot? A) He was thirsty B) He needed to calm his nerves C) He wanted to celebrate for their deaths D) He didn't have money but wanted it so since everyone was dead in the store he tried to steal it

14. What is the relation Jefferson has to Miss Emma A) Godson B) Nephew C) Son D)Brother

15. How does Reverend Ambrose, Miss Emma, and Tante Lou feel about the radio that Grant gave Jefferson? A) They think it is a very thoughful gift and see that it makes Jefferson happy B) It doesn't matter to them C) They resent it and believe it is taking him away from God and from attention to them D) They think Jefferson didn't appreciate it

16. What is it that Grant noticed after the Christmas program? A) That they had done a very good job. B) The Christmas program had changed. C) The program needed improvement. D) Nothing had changed, All the songs and other things were all the same.

17. Why does Vivian encourage Grant to help Jefferson ? A) She wants to help Mrs. Emma. B) She believes Jefferson deserves this. C) She will get to go with him. D) She wants Grant to get away from her.

18. Why does Mrs. Emma change the meeting spot with Jefferson ? A) The cell was very dirty. B) She wanted to be closer to the exit. C) She wanted everyone to be able to sit comfortably. D) She did not want to change the meeting spot.

19. What is it that Dr. Joseph wants to children to use ? A) New books. B) Toothbrushes. C) Hairbrush. D) More chalk for the boards.

20. Why would Jefferson not eat the food Mrs. Emma prepared for him ? A) He called himself a hog, and hogs don't eat that food. B) He didn't like the food. C) He was too upset to eat. D) He was never hungry.

21. Why does Grant lie to Mrs. Emma? A) Because he did not go to see Jefferson. B) Because Jefferson would not eat her food, and Grant didn't want to hurt her. C) He was late to visiting Jefferson. D) Jefferson had been killed.

22.What happened in the bar scene? A) The two men shot the bar tender. B) They went to go get a drink. C) The men went to purposely steal. D) Jefferson shot the bar tender.

23. What is Jefferson's lawyers defending statement? A) Jefferson was just a standby witness. B) He had walked into the bar to see three men dead. C) He was too stupid and dumb to execute such a plan. D) Jefferson did not do it.

24. How does Jefferson act at the first several meetings ? A) He is very upset and tells them about it. B) He explains to the exactly what happened that the bar. C) He eats food with them. D) He does not talk to them.

25.What is it that Jefferson tell Grant he wants to eat? A) His grandmothers homemade food. B) A gallon of vanilla ice cream. C) Corn. D) He does not eat any food.

 26.How would at the beginning of the book Grant was? A) Caring B) Wrongly accused C) Disrespectful D) Lonely

27) How do Grant and Ms. Emma know Mr. Pichot? A) he goes to the same church B) he was Jefferson's defense lawyer C) they worked for him D) he was Grants old teacher

28) What best describes how did Grant felt about his job? A) He didn't like it but was okay with staying with it. B) He wished he was a good a teacher as his high school teacher C) He didn't like it and wanted to leave D) That even though it doesn't seem like it now, he was accomplishing something

29) What is Jeffersons relation to Ms. Emma? a) She's his aunt b) She's his mom c) She's his grandma d) She's his godmother

30) Why is Mr. Pichot important? a) he teaches Grant about God. b) he's the sheriff c) he was the only one who could reach Jefferson d) He was the sheriffs brother in law

31) Why was Vivian afraid to leave her kids? A) Her one son is unstable B) One of them is really young C) The last time she did one of the kids got really hurt D) her ex-husband might take them

32) How did Grant know Jefferson? A) Grant was a child friend of Jefferson B) Grant knew Jefferson's parents C) Grant was Jefferson's teacher D) Jefferson is Vivian's brother

33) What was the reverend's view on Grant? A) That he was innocent B) That Jefferson could learn from him C) That he knew little D) That he was why Jefferson got arrested

34) How did Grant feel on religion? A) He thought it was very important B) That Christianity was the only right religion C) That it could help Jefferson D) He wasn't religious

35) What does the notebook that Grant gives to Jefferson represent? A) Jefferson's break from being hopeless B) The friendship that Grant and Jefferson share C) Hope for the dissolve of racial tensions in the future D) All of the above

36) The most likely person to be a Christ figure in the book is... A) Grant B) Jefferson C) Miss Emma D) Vivian

37) What is the main conflict in this book? A) Jefferson and Grant struggling to help Jefferson die a man B) Trying to figure out how to help Jefferson escape to the North C) Jefferson and Grant trying to make Miss Emma and Tante Lou content D) Vivian trying to change Grant's ways

//__Matching Questions:__// "What justice would there be to take this life? Justice gentlement? Why, I would just as soon put a hog in the electric chair as this." "I don't know what you're going to say when you go back in there. But tell them he was the bravest man in the room today. I'm a witness, Grant Wiggins. Tell them so." " You think you educated, but you not. You think you the only person ever had to lie? You think I never had to lie?" " I'm a old hog. Youmans don't stay in no stall like this. I'm a old hog they fattening up to kill." "I'm no hero; I can just give something small. That's all I can offer. It is the only way that we can chip away at that myth. You- you can be bigger than anyone you have ever met." "They called my boy a hog, Mr. Henri. I didn't raise no hog, and I don't want no hog to go set in that chain I want a man to go set in that chair, Mr. Henri." " It doesn't matter anymore. Just do the best you can. But it won't matter. "Yes, Grant, you would hate me for letting you make this decision. Or I would hate you for doing it." "I want things to go on as they have. Don't cause trouble for him. When I left him he was calm, he seemed to understand. I want to keep it that way."

//__True and False Questions ( State why is true or false in under 2 sentences)__// 1. Grant is a self centered person. 2. Grant and Matthew Antoine are similar. 3. Vivian's husband is controlling. 4. Grant's aunt is judgemental. 5. Grant though his job was pointless. 6. Jefferson was one of Grant's students. 7. Dr. Joseph thought the students needed no change. 8. Vivian wants to run away with Grant. 9. A power struggle is discussed throughout the book. 10. Grant and Vivian struggle to escape their pasts. //__Short Answer Questions__// 1. Justify why Ms. Emma wanted Grant to teach Jefferson to be a man? 2. Explain if Grant changed. If so who do you think was most responsible? 3. Explain why Grant acted reluctantly in the second chapter to help Jefferson. 4. Although we see that Grant truly loves Vivian, is it possible to say he respects her? 5. Explain why Grant mentions multiple times how he wants to leave. What is holding him back? 6. Explain the cycle that "black men" are unable to break. What does Miss Emma want Jefferson to prove about the cyle, and what does Grant's aunt want him to prove? 7. How does the Christmas program affect Grant ? 8. Do you believe that Grant's task was accomplished in the end of the story ?

//__Extended Response__// 1. Reverend calls Grant uneducated a couple times during the story. What is the reasoning behind Reverend Ambrose making this comment? 2. What was the purpose of Jefferson becoming a man if he was to be executed? Did he become a man before the execution, how so? Use text to support your answer.