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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Tante Lou, Miss Emma and Reverend Ambrose call the radio?
(a) A sin box
(b) A necessity
(c) A piece of junk
(d) A plesant treat

2. Who is suspected to be jealous of Grant's relationship to Jefferson?
(a) Pichot
(b) Reverend Ambrose
(c) Miss Emma
(d) Edna

3. Who serves Grant a drink as he waits for Vivian to arrive?
(a) Thelma
(b) Joe Claiborne
(c) Inez
(d) Irene

4. Why does Jefferson stop sleeping at night?
(a) It's too quiet to sleep
(b) He wants to make the time go slower
(c) He just can't fall asleep
(d) He does not want to dream

5. Who wants to be liked by Grant's family?
(a) Pichot
(b) Vivian
(c) Guidry
(d) Bourgon

6. What does Grant believe in?
(a) An afterlife
(b) Spirits
(c) Ghosts
(d) God

7. From whom does Grant get the money for the item in #124?
(a) Bourgon
(b) Thelma and Joe Claiborne
(c) Guidry
(d) Vivian

8. Grant tells Jefferson to be a ________ and more than a ________ to Miss Emma.
(a) strong person, coward
(b) Friend, godson
(c) son, stranger
(d) god fearing man, black man

9. Bonin says that ___________ was a great teacher for Jefferson.
(a) Reverend Ambrose
(b) Tante Lou
(c) Grant
(d) Miss Emma

10. What has Jefferson recorded in his notebook?
(a) A will
(b) A note to Miss Emma
(c) A dream about his execution
(d) A list of his sins

11. What does Jefferson call Vivian?
(a) The sack of ignorance
(b) The old ball and chain
(c) That harlot
(d) That old yellow woman you go with

12. Who offers to remove the radio from Jefferson's cell?
(a) Tante Lou
(b) Bonin
(c) Grant
(d) Sam Guidry

13. When the bricklayers begin to criticize Jefferson and his effect on the African American population, who tells them to shut up?
(a) Vivian
(b) Joe Claiborne
(c) Grant
(d) Pichot

14. What does Vivian's husband want in their divorce?
(a) Money
(b) To see the children every weekend
(c) The house
(d) A part of her savings

15. Who asks Grant to talk to Reverend Ambrose?
(a) Jefferson
(b) Tante Lou
(c) Miss Emma
(d) Vivian

Short Answer Questions

1. Who gives Jefferson a haircut in prison?

2. Bonin is deeply sorry for what happened, and asks for Grant's ________.

3. Grant suggests that Jefferson speak to ________, and it would be good for Miss Emma to know that he does.

4. The women prepare a smaller table with __________ and ________.

5. Who searches Grant when he arrives back at the jail?

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