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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Vivian already in trouble?
(a) Her husband already knows
(b) The police were called
(c) Grant hit her
(d) She was summoned from the school to go to the bar

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

3. What does Grant not believe in?
(a) Prayer
(b) God
(c) Capital punishment
(d) An afterlife

4. Bonin is deeply sorry for what happened, and asks for Grant's ________.
(a) Notebook
(b) Forgiveness
(c) Marble
(d) Friendship

5. Who takes Grant home after the fight?
(a) Vivian
(b) Joe Claiborne
(c) Pichot
(d) Bourgon

6. Whose responsibility is it to bring God to Jefferson, according to Grant?
(a) Miss Emma
(b) Jefferson
(c) Tante Lou
(d) Reverend Ambrose

7. Grant believes that Miss Emma is ill and so she wants Jefferson to meet her in _____________.
(a) A dream
(b) Heaven
(c) Her house
(d) The courtroom

8. Who does Grant annoy when he insists on a brand new radio?
(a) A white clerk
(b) Vivian
(c) Miss Emma
(d) Thelma

9. When Jefferson wants to talk about his execution, what does Grant talk about?
(a) The weather
(b) The execution
(c) Miss Emma
(d) His school's Christmas program

10. Who does Grant invite to speak at the beginning and at the end of the Christmas program?
(a) Reverend Ambrose
(b) Pichot
(c) Guidry
(d) Miss Emma

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

12. Who is knocked unconscious during the fight with the bricklayers?
(a) Grant
(b) Joe
(c) Thelma
(d) Edna

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

14. Who kisses Jefferson, causing him to cry?
(a) Vivian
(b) Miss Emma
(c) Estelle
(d) Thelma

15. What is the present the sits beneath the tree in the classroom?
(a) An envelope of money
(b) A wool sweater and socks
(c) A pillow
(d) A bible

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who sticks up for Jefferson and his radio?

3. Who does Jefferson talk to to tell that he will meet Tante Lou, Miss Emma, and Reverend Ambrose in the day room?

4. Grant is quick to point out to Jefferson that no one knows when they will ________.

5. Whose car is parked outside of Miss Emma's house when Grant arrives?

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