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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is Jefferson's cell located?
(a) In general population
(b) In a separate room
(c) On the top floor
(d) At the end of the cellblock

2. Why does Grant decide to walk along the road?
(a) He is tired
(b) He is meeting with Vivian
(c) He snapped at a student
(d) He wants to run away

3. Who is upset with Jefferson's fate and pours herself a drink?
(a) Edna Guidry
(b) Irene
(c) Vivian
(d) Inez

4. When does Grant teach the children?
(a) Only in the winter
(b) From April to October
(c) From October to April
(d) Only in the summer

5. Who is in charge of scheduling the execution?
(a) The big boss in Baton Rouge
(b) Guidry
(c) Pichot
(d) Rougon

6. Who says that all in the courtroom know what the outcome of the trial will be?
(a) The unnamed narrator
(b) Bourgon
(c) Miss Emma
(d) Tante Lou

7. What does Grant not want to spend his life doing?
(a) Being bored
(b) Being oppressed
(c) Teaching children on a plantation
(d) Living in this town

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

9. What does the superintendent mistakenly call Grant?
(a) Smith
(b) Higgins
(c) Wiggins
(d) Joe

10. Why does Grant whack the student on the head with a ruler?
(a) Because the student is crying
(b) Because the student sassed him
(c) Because the student was playing with a bug
(d) Because the student was asleep

11. Who does Grant see joking that makes him question his role as a teacher?
(a) Women
(b) His own students
(c) Children
(d) Deliverymen

12. What does Grant notice through the barred window?
(a) Spring buds
(b) Blue sky and yelllow leaves
(c) Dark clouds
(d) Darkness

13. Where do the person in #13 and Grant meet up once she had arranged for a babysitter?
(a) Bill's Diner
(b) Rainbow Club
(c) White Rabbit Bar and Lounge
(d) The local market

14. What is something Grant does NOT tell his students to do when the superintendent arrives?
(a) To bathe each morning
(b) To show up in nice clothes
(c) To sing a song
(d) To behave

15. The Reverend Ambrose tells Miss Emma that God is just ____________.
(a) Being quiet
(b) Testing her
(c) Not interested in saving Jefferson
(d) Vengeful

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What do the children do when they're not in school?

3. What does Grant apologize for?

4. Who apologizes for the way they treated Grant?

5. What does Reverend Ambrose ask about the discussions between Jefferson and Grant?

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