A Lesson Before Dying Ch. 1 - 3

What is Jefferson charged with?

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

How is Jefferson sentenced to die?

• Gas chamber
• electric chair
• hanging
• lethal injection

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.RL.9-10.3

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.RL.9-10.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

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

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.RL.9-10.3

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

The church is the meeting place for what?

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

Who is the author of "A Lesson Before Dying"? 

• Maya Angelou 
• Ernest Gaines 
• Elie Wisel 
• Langston Hughes

What is the most powerful determiner of social status in the novel?

• Race 
• Education
• Money
• Singing Abilities

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CCSS.RL.9-10.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.2