A Lesson Before Dying - Chapter 1

Where is the setting in chapter 1?

• a schoolhouse

• Grope's house

• Jefferson's house

• a courthouse

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Jefferson was forced to get in the car with Brother and Bear.

• True

• False

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Who is Grope?

• A Store Owner

• Bear's friend

• Jefferson's Cousin

• Brother's Manager

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What happens to Grope, Bear, and Brother in the opening pages of chapter 1?

• They get shot and killed.

• They go to court.

• They all work at a store.

• They are all arrested.

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How did Jefferson end up on trial?

• He agreed to meet up with his friends on the road so they could rob a store.

• He made a bad decision to hang out with the wrong guys at the wrong time.

• Jefferson met these bad influences for the first time that day and decided to get drunk with them.

• Jefferson and his friends made a plan to rob the store for liquor.

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Who is described in the text quote below:

"She is of average height, five four, five five, but weighs

nearly two hundred pounds." (page 1)

• Jefferson's godmother

• Jefferson's aunt

• Jefferson's mom

• Jefferson's sister

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Based on the quote below: A reader can infer that Jefferson's godmother is:

He spoke first. He asked Jefferson about his godmother. Jefferson told him his

nannan was all right. Old Gropé nodded his head. “You tell her for me I say hello,”

he told Jefferson.

• disliked in her community

• respected in her community

• celebrated in her community

• hated in her community

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Based on the text details, which of the following did Jefferson NOT know how to do?

• Count money

• Use the telephone

• Drive a car

• Shave his hair

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What does Jefferson foolishly take from Grope's place that made him look guilty?

• Keys and money

• Alchohol and money

• Guns and money

• Groceries and money

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Based on the quote below: A reader can easily infer that this story takes place during a time that is:

"She had gotten tired of listening. She knew, as we all

knew, what the outcome would be. A white man had been killed during a

robbery, and though two of the robbers had been killed on the spot, one had been captured, and he, too, would have to die."

• equal and fair.

• futuristic and modern

• unjust and racist

• bias and liberal

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