A Lesson Before Dying Chapters 1-10

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. 9-10.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

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.1.4

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

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

What is Grant's mission?

• To prove white society wrong
• To get Jefferson to believe he is a man
• To make Miss Emma happy
• To assassinate Hitler

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Why doesnt Grant want to eat at Henri Pichot's house?

• He is not hungry
• He is hungry 
• He thinks the food is bad
• He will not be degraded by eating in the kitchen

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

The white men do not want to let Grant see Jefferson because-

• They think it is a waste of time
• Nothing that Grant can do will help Jefferson
• Education may aggravate Jefferson
• All of the above

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

The students citing "The Pledge of Allegiance" and  verses from the Bible  is ironic because-

• there is no liberty and justice for blacks in the south
• he is teaching students to work as field hands
• the symbolize the land of the free
• it represents equality for humanity

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

What is Grant's teacher name?

• Matthew Antonie
• Beyonce Knowles 
• Jefferson Wiggins
• John Antonie

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CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

What does Miss Emma want Grant to do?

• Teach Jefferson to use the phone

• Teach Jefferson the law

• Teach Jefferson religion

• Teach Jefferson to be a man

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What did Grant explain to the students that shocked them?

• Why white men hate them

• How the electric chair works

• Where children came from

• How Columbus found America

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CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6