A Lesson Before Dying Reading Check Quiz Ch. 7-16
Question 1 (3 points)
During superintendent's visit, he was most concerned with

Question 1 options:

the students' reciting scriptures.


the students' hygiene.


the students' reading, writing, and arithmetic scores.


making sure the school got more books that were in better shape.

Question 2 (3 points)
Grant Wiggins was a teacher who

Question 2 options:

really felt like he was making a difference in the lives of his students.


might have believed in the scripture "spare the rod, spoil the child."


kept his students in school 9 months out of the year.


all of these answers are true.

Question 3 (3 points)
Matthew Antoine was Grant's teacher.

Question 3 options:

Grant felt that Antoine hated himself for the mixture of his blood.


Grant felt that Antoine hated himself for the cowardice of his being.


Grant felt that Antoine hated himself and his students (including Grant).


Grant felt that Antoine could teach his students only one thing - flight.


All of these answers are true.

Question 4 (3 points)
Miss Emma and Grant were able to visit Jefferson, and

Question 4 options:

Jefferson was rather excited to see them.


Jefferson just stared up at the ceiling.


Jefferson had escaped his cell.


Jefferson was finally allowed to leave the jail after the first visit.

Question 5 (3 points)
What was different about the fourth visit to see Jefferson?

Question 5 options:

Miss Emma did not go.


Grant went alone.


Jefferson got down on the floor and ate the food like a hog.


All of these are true.

Question 6 (2 points)
Jefferson acted out more without Miss Emma there on the fourth visit.

Question 6 options:
True
False
Question 7 (2 points)
Grant went home after the visit and told Miss Emma, Aunt Lou, and the preacher every last detail of how Jefferson was acting.

Question 7 options:
True
False
Question 8 (2 points)
Grant was a firm believer in God before, during, and after college, and he went to Redemption Sunday.

Question 8 options:
True
False
Question 9 (3 points)
What was the purpose of including Jackie Robinson and Joe Louis in the book?

Question 9 options:

They were both from the same town as Grant.


They were African American heroes who gave them someone to look up to as a source of inspiration.


Jackie Robinson was Grant's 2nd cousin, and Joe Louis was his uncle.


All of these are true.

Question 10 (3 points)
What do we learn about Vivian?

Question 10 options:

Her husband is in Houston, and her family had rejected him.


She is pregnant with most likely Grant's child.


She is a teacher also.


All of these are true.

Question 11 (2 points)
Vivian met the family, and they made her feel very accepted.

Question 11 options:
True
False
Question 12 (3 points)
On the next visit, Jefferson kept making references to being a hog, and

Question 12 options:

he looked hatefully at Rev. Ambrose.


he asked Miss Emma to throw some food on the ground, so he could eat it.


these reference made Miss Emma mad, so she slapped Jefferson, then fell on him and cried.


All of these are true.