Lesson Before Dying - chapters 12-19

The story is told from what point of view?

• First Person
• Second Person
• Third Person Omniscient

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

• Miss Emma

• Determination Sunday

• The Christmas Program

When does Jefferson think he will be killed? 

• Easter
• Christmas
• Determination Sunday

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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

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.6.6

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

During the annual Christmas program that occurs in chapter 19, the whole community comes out. What does this act represent?

• The community is very religious.

• Jefferson will make a visit during the performance,

• The church is the biggest mega church in that part of the South

• The community supports Grant in the struggle together for Jefferson.

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

The ending of the church play presents a conflict between the beliefs of what two characters?

• Grant and Jefferson

• Emma and Jefferson

• Grant and Reverend Ambrose

• Grant and Inez

After the Christmas play, Grant says the children remained onstage to hear what he thought of the program. What was his reply?

• He thought the play was artfully done.

• He thought the children should have rehearsed their lines better.

• He was very critical of the plot because same text was used year after year.

• He said the children did a fine job.

Why was Grant unhappy at the conclusion of the Christmas play?

• The same things were happening in the community year after year and there was no evidence of change on the horizon.

• He really did not believe in the Christmas story.

• He was really hungry, but told the children he did not want to eat.

• He heard several errors in the grammar used by the students onstage and that angered him.