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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is Vivian from originally?
(a) Free LaCove
(b) Myrtle Beach
(c) Miami
(d) Austin

2. Who does Grant remember as someone who took great pride in his heritage?
(a) A famous person
(b) An out of towner
(c) A worker
(d) An Irishman

3. Who is the superintendent of schools?
(a) Dr. Reginald Morton
(b) Dr. Radcliffe Barrier
(c) Dr. Joseph Morgan
(d) Dr. Thomas Billis

4. Grant is worried that the guards will do what when he goes to the jail on his own?
(a) Beat him
(b) Lock him up
(c) Ask him to strip or to look in his mouth
(d) Ignore him

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Grant notice through the barred window?

2. What did Jefferson do when Miss Emma arrived in his cell?

3. Who is told that they are 'smart. Maybe you're just a little too smart for our own good'?

4. What does Grant apologize for?

5. Who does Grant see joking that makes him question his role as a teacher?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Grant tell Jefferson about the execution?

2. Though Grant finds Tante Lou and Miss Emma home when he returns from school, what does he do?

3. Why does Jefferson refuse to go into the day room at first?

4. When Jefferson writes about Samson, what is the question that springs into his mind?

5. Who is the one who decides when Jefferson will be executed, per Grant?

6. What does Grant think about heaven and what happens after you die?

7. What does Grant instruct his students to do before and during their annual inspection?

8. Jefferson tells Sam Guindry that he will meet Tante Lou, Miss Emma and Reverend Ambrose in which room?

9. Why is Grant outraged that Miss Emma is suddenly sick?

10. What does Jefferson say that he wants when Grant asks him if he wants anything?

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