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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 does Miss Emma want Pichot to do?

2. What is Grant going to tell Miss Emma that Jefferson ate and enjoyed?

3. Which day of the week is a sad day?

4. What does Grant long to have?

5. What was Jefferson called during the trial?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. When is the execution date for Jefferson?

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

4. Who does Grant put in charge of the class when he is told he must go to Henri Pinchot's house immediately?

5. What does Reverend Ambrose tell Grant he must tell Jefferson?

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

7. Vivian takes Grant to her home, but Grant protests this. Why does he protest this action?

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

9. How does Grant handle a classroom that contains kindergarten through six grader learning levels?

10. Why is Grant so unhappy with his life right now?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Jefferson taunts Vivian in a conversation with Grant, but Grant does not respond. Why do you think the Grant doesn't respond and stand up for his lover? Why do you think Jefferson is taunting Grant in the first place? What does Grant's restraint say about him? About his relationship with Jefferson? With Vivian?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

The truck that moves through the town with the electrocution chair makes everyone nervous in town. Do you think this path was taken purposefully to spread fear in the town? Why or why not? Who do you think the chair's presence is meant to scare more, blacks or whites? Why?

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