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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What visit number is it when Miss Emma gets sick?
2. What is delivered to the school?
3. Where is Jefferson's cell located?
4. What does Grant give the prisoners as he moves toward Jefferson's cell?
5. What is NOT a way that Grant feels he has been humiliated?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why was Vivian shunned in Free LaCove?
2. How does Grant handle a classroom that contains kindergarten through six grader learning levels?
3. Why does Jefferson say that it does not matter if he eats chicken or dirt?
4. Where does Grant go in order to think about ways to lie to Miss Emma?
5. Why does Jefferson refuse to go into the day room at first?
6. What does Grant notice when he looks through Jefferson's barred window?
7. What does Grant instruct his students to do before and during their annual inspection?
8. Vivian takes Grant to her home, but Grant protests this. Why does he protest this action?
9. When is the execution date for Jefferson?
10. What does Grant tell Miss Emma, Tante Lou, and Reverend Ambrose about his visit with Jefferson?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
The relationship of Vivian and Grant is a complicated one, but perhaps that's only a matter of their current positions - she in her marriage, and Grant in his depression. Do you feel that their relationship is a strong one? A healthy one? Do you feel that these two will be together at some point? Do they seem like a couple that has a chance? What do they have to offer each other? How do they hurt each other?
Essay Topic 2
The idea of faith and and its importance is brought up by Reverend Ambrose at one point to Grant in relation to Jefferson. How do you feel that faith and belief could have helped Jefferson? What could Jefferson have done to bring more faith into his life? Do you feel that this would have made Jefferson happier or unhappier? If Grant isn't a very religious person, why does he tell the Reverend Ambrose to bring a bible with him when he visits?
Essay Topic 3
When Miss Emma visits and offers him food at one point, she slaps him for saying he is a pig getting ready for the slaughter. Why do you think Miss Emma slapped him? Do you think this helped Jefferson at all? Do you think this action hurt Jefferson emotionally? Does physical violence ever help someone learn a lesson?
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