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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. Who apologizes for the way they treated Grant?
(a) Inez
(b) Miss Emma
(c) Tante Lou
(d) Pichot

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

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

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

5. Who is the maid at the house in #7?
(a) Alice
(b) Vivian
(c) Gertrude
(d) Inez

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the young African American man at the center of the trial?

2. What does Grant tell the women of the house about Vivian?

3. What does Rougon's family own in a neighboring town?

4. What does Vivian suggest Grant do to pass the time?

5. What is searched before Miss Emma and Grant go to Jefferson's cell?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Grant urge Jefferson to do in order to make liars of the white bigots?

2. What does Grant tell Jefferson about the execution?

3. What does Bonin say that Grant should tell his students about Jefferson?

4. What is the recurring dream that Jefferson records in his journal?

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

6. What does Jefferson say that makes Miss Emma slap him?

7. What does Grant offer to bring to Jefferson?

8. Who is the object of Grant's affection and of a secret love affair?

9. What does Bonin tell Grant about Bonin's relationship with Jefferson?

10. What happens at the beginning of every visit to see Jefferson?

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