A Lesson Before Dying - Up to Chapter 20

What type of person is Paul?

• a racist
• a pedophile
• part of the process in racial equality
• a foreigner

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CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Grant ignores Jefferson's talk about the char and starts to talk about what? 

• Miss Emma
• Determination Sunday
• The Christmas Program 

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

When does Jefferson think he will be killed? 

• Easter
• Christmas
• Determination Sunday

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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

Grant explains obligation to Jefferson. Who does Jefferson have an obligation too? 

• Grant
• Miss Emma
• Tante Lou
• The boys and girls of the quater 

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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 does Reverend Ambrose think is the most important thing for Jefferson now?

• Saving his soul
• Learning to be literate
• Improving his mathematical skills
• Satisfying the community
  

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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

What extended metaphor is Jefferson repeatedly compared in the novel?

• hog
• dog
• butterfuly
• Polar Bears

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.7

CCSS.RI.11-12.7

CCSS.RL.11-12.7

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.7

Which of these best describes Grant's attitude towards education?

• Progressive
• Nostalgic
• Cynical
• Hopeless

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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 is Jefferson's response to being asked if he wants to meet in the dayroom? 

• "Let's Go"
• "Maybe later"
• "Only if there is corn"
• "If that's what they want"

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Jefferson will be executed..

• before Christmas

• after Christmas

• before Easter

• after Easter

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CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.9-10.1

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

Why does the author include the chapter about the Christmas play?

• To show that life continues on the plantation

• To show how poor the community is

• To reiterate the idea that things on the plantation never change

• All of the above

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2