A Lesson Before Dying 6-12

Wiggins stops by Miss Emma’s house and talks to Miss Emma and his Aunt on the way to

Henri Pichot’s home. Who goes with Grant Wiggins on this trip to Pichot’s home?

• Nobody

• Miss Emma

• Reverend Ambrose

• Tante Lou

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What according to Inez, Pichot’s cook, are Pichot and Louis perhaps betting on?

• If Jefferson will be released from jail.

• If Jefferson confesses.

• If Grant can make Jefferson a man.

• If Grant can teach Jefferson to read.

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What irritates Grant, and is intended probably to irritate him, about the way he is received at his

5 O’clock appointment at Pichot’s home?

• He is forced to take off his shoes.

• He is told he cannot speak at all.

• He is made to wait on the porch.

• He is made to wait 2.5 hours.

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Evidently, the powerful white men at Pichot’s home come to feel that Grant Wiggins is too

_____________for his own good.

• Smart

• Dumb

• Rude

• Mad

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What does the sheriff eventually decide about Miss Emma’s request?

• Nobody can visit Jefferson.

• Only Grant can visit Jefferson.

• Grant can visit Jefferson.

• Only Miss Emma can visit Jefferson.

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Grant states at the beginning of chapter seven that two things happened at the school before he

visited Jefferson in Jail. What are they?

• Jefferson visits the school and they get firewood.

• The superintendent visits the school and they get firewood.

• The superintendent visits the school and they get new books.

• Miss Emma visits and they get new books.

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Grant posts a child outside the school to watch out for something. What is the child watching

for?

• The superintendent and his car.

• A butterfly with yellow wings.

• Vivian and her car.

• Miss Emma and Tante Lou

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What does Wiggins ask for that irritates the superintendent?

• School Supplies

• A raise.

• A new job.

• More firewood.

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What is delivered at beginning of chapter 8?

• Paper

• Books

• Desks

• Firewood

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Who does Grant remember and then ponder through the whole chapter? This is one person.

• Jefferson

• His own teacher; Antoine

• Miss Emma

• Pichot

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