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Question 1 / 15

What is the name of the narrator?

Grant

Miss Emma

Jefferson

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Question 2 / 15

When does the scene take place?

In the late 1940s

In the late 1950s

In the late 1960s

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Question 3 / 15

What is the word used in Jefferson's trial that triggers the plot?

Slave

Pig

Hog

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Question 4 / 15

Whose family used to work for the Pichots?

Aunt Lou's

Miss Emma's

Vivian's

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Question 5 / 15

What are the names of the two black men that offered Jefferson a ride?

Father and Bear

Brother and Rabbit

Brother and Bear

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Question 6 / 15

Which of the following objects does Grant give to Jefferson?

A radio set and a newspaper

A newspaper and a notebook

A radio set and a notebook

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Question 7 / 15

How many children does Vivian have?

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Question 8 / 15

Why was Grant raised by Tante Lou?

Because his parents are dead.

Because he ran away from his parents.

Because his parents left Louisiana for California.

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Question 9 / 15

Who is the only white man in the novel to sympathize with Grant and Jefferson?

Henri Pichot

Sheriff Guidry

Paul

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Question 10 / 15

Which of the following characters has passed his bitterness on to Grant?

Henri Pichot

Matthew Antoine

Jefferson

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Question 11 / 15

Was Jefferson the one who murdered Alcee Gropé?

Yes

We don't know

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Question 12 / 15

When is Jefferson executed?

Not long after Easter

Not long after Christmas

Not long after New Year's Eve

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Question 13 / 15

In which of the following towns does the scene take place?

Bâton Rouge

New Orleans

Bayonne

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Question 14 / 15

Why does Grant feel humiliated when he first goes to Henri Pichot's?

Because he has to knock and wait outside for a long time.

Because he has to listen to the white men without being allowed to utter a single word.

Because he has to get in through the back door.

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Question 15 / 15

By the way, who was this book written by?

Ernest J. Paines

Ernest J. Gaines

Henri J. Gaines

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Quiz A Lesson Before Dying

What is the name of the narrator?

When does the scene take place?

What is the word used in Jefferson's trial that triggers the plot?

Whose family used to work for the Pichots?

What are the names of the two black men that offered Jefferson a ride?

Which of the following objects does Grant give to Jefferson?

How many children does Vivian have?

Why was Grant raised by Tante Lou?

Who is the only white man in the novel to sympathize with Grant and Jefferson?

Which of the following characters has passed his bitterness on to Grant?

Was Jefferson the one who murdered Alcee Gropé?

When is Jefferson executed?

In which of the following towns does the scene take place?

Why does Grant feel humiliated when he first goes to Henri Pichot's?

By the way, who was this book written by?

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