A Lesson Before Dying

Why wasn't Grant at the courthouse to hear the verdict?

• Because he was busy
• Because he already knew the outcome
  
• Because he had not been told about it
• He was teaching school
  

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CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

What is Jefferson charged with?

• Assault and first degree murder
• Manslaughter
• Robbery and first degree murder
• First degree murder

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

How is Jefferson sentenced to die?

• Gas chamber
• electric chair
• hanging
• lethal injection

How does Miss Emma know Henri Pichot?

• They were classmates
• She used to work as a cook for his family
• They used to date
• He patronizes her business

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CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

How does Miss Emma arrange for Grant to visit Jefferson in prison?

• By sneaking him in through a tunnel
• By having Grant masquerade as a priest
• By having Grant speak to Henri Pichot
• By bribing Deputy Paul

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CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

Which of the following things were necessary when Grant, Tante Lou and Miss Emma went to visit Henri Pichot.

• Enter through the back door, make little eye contact, speak with respect, show they were in control
• Wait to be spoken to, enter through the back door, wait in the kitchen, make little eye contact
• They had a relationship with Henri Pichot and were treated like equals

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.1

CCSS.RI.11-12.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

How does Grant manage to teach six grades at once?

• He gives the same lectures to everyone, but gives homework at different levels of difficulty
• He staggers the times at which the grade levels arrive at school
• He encourages students to review their work with their parents
• He assigns older students to teach the younger ones

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.1

CCSS.RI.11-12.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

Where is Grant's school located?

• In Tante Lou's basement
• In Bayonne
• In a one-room schoolhouse on the outskirts of the quarter
• In a church on Henri's plantation

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CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

How does Grant punish students who misbehave in his class?

• He holds a conference with their parents
• He hits them with a ruler
• He sends them to the principal's office
• He spanks them

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

The church is the meeting place for what?

• The black kids' school
• The white kids' school

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.1

CCSS.RI.11-12.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2