1. For what crime is Jefferson sentenced to death? A) Stealing a car and fleeing the state B) Assaulting a police deputy C) Robbery and murder at a local store D) Starting a riot in the quarter
2. What insulting term does the defense attorney use to describe Jefferson during the trial? A) A dog B) A hog C) A beast D) A fool
3. Who insists that Grant Wiggins must visit Jefferson in jail to help him? A) Tante Lou B) Reverend Mose Ambrose C) Henri Pichot D) Miss Emma
4. What is Grant Wiggins's profession? A) A bartender at the Rainbow Club B) A teacher at the plantation church school C) A field worker on the Pichot plantation D) A lawyer in Bayonne
5. Whose house do Miss Emma and Tante Lou visit to ask for help with the sheriff? A) Henri Pichot B) Louis Rougon C) Sam Guidry D) Farrell Jarreau
6. How does Jefferson react during the initial visits from Miss Emma and Grant in his cell? A) He screams and throws his food at them B) He stares up at the ceiling and refuses to speak or eat C) He cries and begs them to save him D) He asks Grant to read him a book
7. Who is the woman Grant goes to see at the Rainbow Club when he is frustrated? A) Shirley B) Thelma C) Vivian D) Inez
8. When Dr. Joseph visits the school, how does he primarily inspect the students? A) He tests their knowledge of French grammar B) He checks their teeth and hands as if inspecting livestock C) He asks them to recite long passages of Shakespeare D) He tests their ability to run and jump
9. What did Grant's pessimistic former teacher, Matthew Antoine, believe was the only option for black people in the South? A) To fight back and demand rights B) To own property and build wealth C) To run away (flight) D) To become educated teachers
10. What news causes tension among the men in the barbershop toward the end of the excerpt? A) The arrest of a local bootlegger B) A young black boy named Emmett Till was stomped to death in Mississippi C) A war has officially been declared D) A local sawmill shut down without paying its workers